“The Age of
the Warrior”
Robert Fisk on the U.S. Elections, Iraq, Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Israel-Palestine
By Democracy Now!
02/10/09 -- - Robert Fisk is Britain’s most
celebrated foreign correspondent and has borne witness to
countless tragedies in the Middle East for over three
decades. With the publication of a new collection of essays,
Fisk joins us to talk about the U.S. elections and their
bearing on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Israel-Palestine.
And the US strategy in
Afghanistan is back in the news, just ahead of the
Vice-Presidential debate tonight. The British ambassador to
Afghanistan has been quoted in a French newspaper as saying
that the American military strategy in that country is
“destined to fail.” Ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles’
critical comments about the NATO operation in Afghanistan
were part of a leaked memo from a French diplomat. He also
said: “The coalition presence–particularly the military
presence–is part of the problem, not the solution.”
The British ambassador’s
leaked statements were published just as the top US
commander in Afghanistan called for 3 additional combat
brigades, that is over 10,000 soldiers, to be immediately
deployed to Kabul. General David McKiernan told reporters in
Washington DC Wednesday that Americans were facing a ‘tough
fight’ in Afghanistan that “might get worse before it gets
better.”
As the US-led wars in the
Middle East shows no sign of abating we turn now to a man
who has chronicled eleven major wars in this part of the
world. Robert Fisk is Britain’s most celebrated foreign
correspondent and has borne witness to countless tragedies
in the Middle East for over three decades.
Fisk has been named British
Press Awards’ International Journalist of the Year seven
times and is currently the Middle East correspondent for The
Independent of London. His previous books include “Pity the
Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon” and “The Great War for
Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East.” His latest
is a collection of his essays from The Independent called
“The Age of the Warrior.” Robert Fisk joins us now here in
the firehouse studio.
Robert Fisk, best-selling author and journalist. He has
reported from the Middle East for more than three decades
and covered 11 major wars. He is one of the world’s most
celebrated foreign correspondents and has been named British
Press Awards’ International Journalist of the Year seven
times. He is currently the Middle East correspondent for The
Independent of London. His previous books include “Pity the
Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon” and “The Great War for
Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East.” His latest
is a collection of his essays from The Independent called
“The Age of the Warrior.”
