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> [After the allied victory of 1918, at the end of my father's war, the victors divided up the lands of their former…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/after-the-allied-victory-of-1918-at-the-end-of-my-father-s-war-the/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

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> [So here's a question from one who believed, only a week ago, that Baghdad might just collapse and that we might wake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/so-here-s-a-question-from-one-who-believed-only-a-week-ago-that/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

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> [The Americans may think they have 'liberated' Baghdad but the tens of thousands of thieves - they came in families and cruised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/the-americans-may-think-they-have-liberated-baghdad-but-the-tens-of/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

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## Other authors on Baghdad

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mohammed-saeed-alsahaf-68860.jpg) Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baghdad/mohammed-saeed-al-sahaf/)

## More by Robert Fisk

> [Wasn't Saddam destroyed? Wasn't Gaddafi liquidated? Didn't Milosevic go to the Hague? All true. But Stalin survived. Kim Jong-un isn't doing too badly, either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/wasn-t-saddam-destroyed-wasn-t-gaddafi-liquidated-didn-t-milosevic-go/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [And I think, in the end, that is the best definition of journalism I have heard; to challenge authority - all authority - especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/and-i-think-in-the-end-that-is-the-best-definition-of-journalism-i/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [Bin Laden was constantly revolving in his mind the fact that he had got rid of the Russians; therefore, the Americans can be got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/bin-laden-was-constantly-revolving-in-his-mind-the-fact-that-he-had/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [How could believers, people who regard themselves as true Muslims, get on those planes, quoting the words of God delivered through the Prophet to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/how-could-believers-people-who-regard-themselves-as-true-muslims-get/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it will - and that's not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/american-power-in-the-middle-east-is-collapsing-it-doesn-t-need-much/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [The Second World War is and was constantly being drudged up by Blair and Bush to rationalize the invasion of Iraq.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/the-second-world-war-is-and-was-constantly-being-drudged-up-by-blair/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [I'm not sure whether I've been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea. I thought:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/i-m-not-sure-whether-i-ve-been-happy-after-my-last-book-tour-i-sat-on/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [“Terrorism” is a word that has become a plague on our vocabulary, the excuse and reason and moral permit for state-sponsored violence— our violence—which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/terrorism-is-a-word-that-has-become-a-plague-on-our-vocabulary-the/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [In just one year in Bosnia, thirty of my colleagues died. There is a little Somme waiting for all innocent journalists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/in-just-one-year-in-bosnia-thirty-of-my-colleagues-died-there-is-a/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [Israel lost its war. Will Assad's enemies lose, too?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/israel-lost-its-war-will-assad-s-enemies-lose-too/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [President Bush cruelly manipulated the grief of the American people - and the sympathy of the rest of the world - to introduce a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/president-bush-cruelly-manipulated-the-grief-of-the-american-people/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence of Osama bin Laden fault and then never produced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/i-was-very-struck-by-the-fact-that-colin-powell-said-he-would-produce/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [I've never seen a single demonstration in Pakistan, in the streets of Gaza, in the West Bank, in which the people have come out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/i-ve-never-seen-a-single-demonstration-in-pakistan-in-the-streets-of/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [There is nothing so satisfying as to be shot at without effect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/there-is-nothing-so-satisfying-as-to-be-shot-at-without-effect/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

> [President Bush will come here and there will be new "friends" of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/president-bush-will-come-here-and-there-will-be-new-friends-of/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

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