I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason.
Jon Lee AndersonChe is not just a potent figure of protest, but the idealistic, questioning kid who exists in every society and every time.
Jon Lee AndersonThat's what's terrible about wars when whole societies adopt an impulse of objectification. Everything becomes black and white.
Jon Lee AndersonI don't think we would have had to be an occupying power if we had done the right thing in 1991.
Jon Lee Anderson