The more I've traveled to war zones, the more I'm convinced that the impact and the effects are way beyond anything we can even begin to imagine.
Jon Lee AndersonWe live in an extraordinary time, in which one still has the ability to mold opinion. Also, it's up for grabs. Perceptions are up for grabs in a way that it hasn't been before, which makes it really interesting. Societies that have always defined other aspects of human experience, or histories, try to hold on to it and try to find ways to continue to be the ones who do the interpreting.
Jon Lee AndersonThat's what's terrible about wars when whole societies adopt an impulse of objectification. Everything becomes black and white.
Jon Lee AndersonIf you can find a way to confound people's prejudices, restore the humanity of people, individuals, you restore them to life.
Jon Lee AndersonI think it's deeply important for us to know, especially when we come from the outside, how "ordinary people" think and feel and what their expectations are and what their concerns are. Also what's in their imaginations, what's in their minds, even what their rumors are and what their gossip is.
Jon Lee Anderson