Saudi Arabia is the most fragile of all Arab states, though we're not saying so. And, unfortunately, bin Laden puts his finger on the other longstanding injustices in the Arab world: the continued occupation of Palestinian land by the Israelis; the enormous, constant Arab anger with the tens of thousands of Iraqi children who are dying under sanctions; the feelings of humiliation of millions of Arabs living under petty dictators, almost all of whom are propped up by the West.
Robert FiskWhen I saw the pictures of New York without the World Trade Center, New York looked like a shadow of itself.
Robert FiskI still wonder if the United States realizes how much planning went into this. When we talk about "mindless terrorists," we are lying to ourselves.
Robert FiskIt's very easy to start a war but the muftah, as the Arabs say, the key to switch off a war, is very difficult to find.
Robert FiskPresident Bush will come here and there will be new "friends" of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes for those who "liberated" them.
Robert FiskWasn'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 - though that's probably because he actually has nuclear weapons, as opposed to Iran which might or might not be trying to acquire them and thus remains on the Israeli-American target list.
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