Conversations with History: Robert Fisk

Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent, discusses his experiences covering Middle East wars for the last 30 thirty years. Series: "Conversations with History" [2/2007] [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 12185]

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• wars
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• affairs

[Ermal8711]

I think that this was by far the best conversation with history that I have ever seen! Robert Fisk is truly an amazing man and has put me on the verge of tears! If only every person were so adamantly pacifist and understood the pain of war as he does!

[imrich6]

Robert Fisk speaks the truth. If all journalists had his passion and integrity, the world would be a much more informed place.

[diadorim1234]

Once i saw fisk making a comparison between the us invasion of iraq and the military invasion of syria by crassus. What shocked me was that he said that the parthian empire originated from Syria, while in truth it came from the Ukraine. I already knew this in highschool reading about the greek civilization and the seleucid empire. These left wing may '68 journalist subhumans are truly a burden to our civilization. What to do?

[MrJiddukrishhesse]

robert fisk ia a great man!!

[PICLex]

Such a shame, the psychotics of this world screwing it up for the rest of us.

It amazes me to think how great it could be.

[000000AEA000000]

true words.

[nikmills]

Great series. I listen to an interview every morning. So wonderful to listen to bright people. I agree they really need to change the theme tune.

[anff]

War is the total failure of the human spirit. Its about death and the infliction of death and if you don't realize that you'll die in war! FORGET HOLLYWOOD

[AboSaud33]

27:30 hahaha!! very interesting interview!

[00thelastottoman00]

@BalkanibalX IN BALKAN WARS, MUSLIMS KILLED AND DEAD BODIES EATEN BY DOGS!!!! THESE ARE SHAME FUL EVENTS OF FACIST CHRISTIANS!!! TURKIYE PROMISE, WE WILL GET REVENGE OF OTTOMAN MUSLIMS IN E.U.!!! TROJAN HORSE COMING TO E.U.!'!!! IF TURKIYE ADMIT TO E.U., WE WILL GET ALL YOUR LANDS AGAIN!!!! TURKIYE READY!!! LONG LIVE TURKIYE!!! SHAME ON ARMENIA, BULGARIA, GREECE AND FACIST CRUSADERS!!! ISLAM RISING ON EUROPE!!!!, WE ARE IN ISTANBUL AND WE ARE IN ROME!!!! ALLAHU EKBER!

[00thelastottoman00]

@BalkanibalX BALKANS FUCKED BY CHRISTIANS, SEE BOSNIAN GENOCIDE, SEE KOSOVO AND MACEDONIA!!!!

CHRISTIANS CUT MILLIONS!!

TURKIYE IS UNDER ATTACK OF FACIST CHRISTIAN TERRORIST ORGANISATIUONS;

EOKA, ASALA, ATAKA, PKK KILLED MILLIONS OF TURKISH AND AZERI BROTHERS IN TURKISH LANDS!!!!

SYRIAN ISSUE IS ARABIC ISSUE, ALSO LIBYA AND EGYPT TRY TO BE MORE DEMOCRATIC, IT IS NOT A MATTER OF ETHNIC POPULATION!!!

ETHNIC ISSUES ARE PROBLEM OF FACIST CHRISTIANS!!!

MUSLIMS LIVE IN PEACE!

[BalkanibalX]

@00thelastottoman00

Well to us in the Balkans the Ottomans were much, much MUCH worse than Hitler and Stalin combined. Better watch out for that Syrian conflict crossing the Turkey's border and inflaming the Kurds :) That would be fun, wouldn't it?