Robert Fisk Quotes

I have never been embedded with the American army or, you know, with the big war machine.

You have two options when you approach a hostile checkpoint in a war zone, and each is a gamble. The first is to stop and identify yourself as a journalist and hope that you are respected as a neutral observer. The second is to blow past the checkpoint and hope the soldiers guarding it don't open fire on you.

If this war is not fought with the greatest brutality against the bands both in the East and in the Balkans then in the foreseeable future the strength at our disposal will not be sufficient to be able to master this plague.

No study is possible on the battlefield.

I think probably the scaredest I've ever been was in Somalia. I arrived there when the episode that became known as 'Black Hawk Down' was still taking place. The Americans were still pinned down under fire. And everybody else was basically going the other way, and I was the only one putting my hand up for a flight in.

Journalists dedicate their lives to covering war - they make many personal sacrifices, and it's not something that's gender-based. In a place like Libya where there's heavy fighting, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman.

A government needs 100 soldiers for every guerilla it faces.

No Americans may be involved in any operations partaking of a military character in Indonesia

I think Syria is now the training ground for the world... These rebel forces are more of a threat than anything.

I've been calling for the support of the Syrian rebels for years.

I think if we are at a war with an enemy country, that country is responsible for our soldiers' deaths.

It lies upon the people's shoulders to prepare for the war, but it lies upon the Israeli army to carry out the fight with the ultimate object of erecting the Israeli Empire.

I think war is a dangerous place.

We certainly have the best special operations forces in the world and know how to do counterterrorism extremely well.

I've been to Afghanistan and Iraq a few times, and then I've done deployments elsewhere - with Special Forces, we go all over the place.

I have been to Kargil, and I have seen the tragedy that both the Indians and the Pakistanis faced.

Our armed forces have given many sacrifices to defeat terrorists and root out their hideouts. This fight will continue until all terrorists are defeated.

I've been involved in air strikes against Syria and operations against Syria numerous times in my career.

I don't have the experience of being in a war.

I have need of Rigaud. He is violent. I want him for carrying on war; and that war is necessary to me.

If you read any sort of, like, military general autobiographies or biographies, most of them never wanted to fight, you know? It's necessary. War is necessary.

Over last 30 odd years, Kashmir has seen many highs and lows when looked at from the perspective of the security scenario, infiltrations and militancy on the ground.

If Syria disintegrates, God forbid, the whole area will be under threat.

The rules of engagement when I was in Afghanistan were very flexible. When you're at war, you're at war.

I myself am a former commando fighter.