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> [Whatever the political injustices are that created an environment that brought this about, it was not Americans who flew those planes into those buildings. And we should remember that. The crimes against humanity were perpetrated by people who were Arab…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/whatever-the-political-injustices-are-that-created-an-environment/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/robert-fisk-7244_building_whatever-the-political-injustices-are-th_2058318.jpg)

> [When I arrived in Beirut from Europe, I felt the oppressive, damp heat, saw the unkempt palm trees and smelt the Arabic coffee, the fruit stalls and the over-spiced meat. It was the beginning of the Orient. And when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/when-i-arrived-in-beirut-from-europe-i-felt-the-oppressive-damp-heat/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/robert-fisk-7244_bars_when-i-arrived-in-beirut-from-europe-i-f_2524858.jpg)

## Other authors on Flew

## 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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