April 01, 2003
Fulford on Fisk: He never
He never lacks a strong opinion, and it's always the same: Whatever goes wrong in the Middle East, he blames the Americans and the Israelis.
If an Arab nation commits some outrage, that's because Washington supports Arab dictators. If Palestinians kill, it's because Israel stole their land. He dislikes Yassir Arafat ("corrupt, vain little despot") but believes he's Israel's fault because Israel helped create the Palestinian Authority and brought in Arafat "as a colonial governor" to control his people.
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Fisk claims to feel sympathy for the Arabs, but it's the sympathy of condescension. To him the Arabs have no responsibility for their destiny. They are all pawns of the West. And sometimes he writes as if he personally carried on his shoulders the guilt of the West.