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[–]zombiegodzilla 5 points6 points ago

He has written at least one big book, which I read most of, in which he discusses Osama post 911 but pre Osama's death.

[–]i_like_jam 2 points3 points ago

That "one big book" is called The Great War For Civilisation: the Conquest of the Middle East. Personally, I'd love to have the opportunity to talk to Fisk, but I wouldn't want to do it through an AMA to be honest.

[–]zombiegodzilla 1 point2 points ago

thanks i thought i might come back and edit the name in once i checked the bookshelf

[–]ashleymatto 1 point2 points ago

on my reading list-cheers!

[–]Sacket 0 points1 point ago

I just bought this book at the recommendation from someone over in /r/askhistory! I can't wait to start reading it although I hear it is a depressing read.

[–]i_like_jam 0 points1 point ago

I've been reading it on and off for two years now. Last chapters I finished off were on the Armenian Genocide, and he follows that right up with the Palestinian plight. I had to stop there... Will probably pick it back up soon, though I almost don't want to.

[–]Quanf 1 point2 points ago

PLEASE!

[–]rplacd 2 points3 points ago

The man's doing a bangup job in Syria right now... I'd love to pick him clean.

[–]cabrussell[S] 2 points3 points ago

What do you mean by bangup job?

[–]abuali7866 3 points4 points ago

he means good

[–]haburka -3 points-2 points ago

Please read this sidebar before posting.

Celebrity requests now banned.

[–]shoobshab 2 points3 points ago

He's not a celebrity...

[–]haburka 0 points1 point ago

I say this rule applies here because there is no way in hell that Robert Fisk is going to respond to this. /r/AMA has 25k subs, none of which are Robert Fisk. Now on /r/IAMA there are millions of subs which a few may contain people who at least talk to Robert Fisk on a daily basis.

That's why I think the sidebar rule applies to Robert Fisk as well as say, Steven King.

[–]shoobshab 0 points1 point ago

Okay, that makes sense. I understand your reasoning now

[–]sje46moderator[M] 0 points1 point ago

For the purposes of this subreddit, yes he is, for the exact reason harburka cited. Please read the recent post I made. Pretty much if the request is for a set of people with 20 or fewer people (unless it's a prolific redditor) it's defined as a celebrity request.

I like how he was downvoted for informing people of the rules.

[–]haburka 0 points1 point ago

It's alright, they didn't understand what the word celebrity meant. I suppose they thought it meant a famous movie star or pop culture icon.

[–]cabrussell[S] 0 points1 point ago

Watch out for le troll!

[–]haburka -1 points0 points ago

I say this rule applies here because there is no way in hell that Robert Fisk is going to respond to this. /r/AMA has 25k subs, none of which are Robert Fisk. Now on /r/IAMA there are millions of subs which a few may contain people who at least talk to Robert Fisk on a daily basis.

That's why I think the sidebar rule applies to Robert Fisk as well as say, Steven King.

[–]sje46moderator[M] 0 points1 point ago

He's not trolling. He's actually paying attention to the rules of the subreddit. You didn't and now I have to delete your request. Sorry.