The Command Post - Iraq

April 03, 2003

Fisking Fisk

Doesn't Robert Fisk ever tire of being wrong?

SADDAM HUSSEIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - So where are the Americans? I prowled the empty departure lounges, mooched through the abandoned customs department, chatted to the seven armed militia guards, met the airport director and stood beside the runways where two dust-covered Iraqi Airways passenger jets -- an old 727 and an even more elderly Antonov -- stood forlornly on the runway not far from an equally decrepit military helicopter.

Go on back and look again. CNN is showing video.

Posted By Meryl Yourish at April 3, 2003 11:18 PM | TrackBack

Comments

Maybe Fisky was amongst the Iraqi forces that fell in battle!

Posted by: Ribbity Frog at April 3, 2003 11:23 PM

This guy claims that the Iraqis will fight for Baghdad because they love their country as much as they hate Saddam - much like the Russians fought for Stalingrad despite their hatred of Germany.

Fisk's fatal flaw is thinking that the Iraqis recognize us as Nazis. Those are good men out there, fighting bravely against the enemy yet compassionately toward the civilians. This alone makes them some of the most unique warriors in the history of the world.

Fisk is just one history's many forgotten dumbasses.

Posted by: Cowboy Bob at April 3, 2003 11:25 PM

Fisk needs to be tried for crimes against journalism.

What a miserable SOB that man is.

Posted by: Phil at April 3, 2003 11:29 PM

Let us not forget from where the term "fisk" came from, afterall. This is the posterboy for the idiotarian movement, the most wishfully thinking clueless asshat on the planet.

Posted by: Ben Noah at April 3, 2003 11:30 PM

Stay right where you are Mr. Frisk.

Posted by: spike at April 3, 2003 11:31 PM

mr fisk.. nic robertson on line 1... he's in the arrivals lounge and has an interview opportunity for you!

cnn had some nice vids (lame now.. same stuff again and again) from airport...

course remember his lead times... print is slow! video is live!

Posted by: libertarian uber alles at April 3, 2003 11:34 PM

If you look at the aerial or satellite photo of the airport, you see it is actually 2 airports separated by a highway, with few, if any, interconnections. Left runway on one side of the highway, with a terminal, and right runway on the other side, with its own terminal.

Posted by: Any Mouse at April 3, 2003 11:42 PM

Does anyone know if this clueless bastard is aware he's a verb?

Posted by: Phil Hornsey at April 3, 2003 11:47 PM

Fisk appears to report from parallel universe; I didn't realise it's so easy.

Posted by: IM at April 3, 2003 11:59 PM

Good question Phil. Is Fisk aware of what the blogosphere is using his name for? Is he aware that in all likelihood his stupid ass monikor is going to be a negative term synonimous with lies?

Posted by: Ben Noah at April 4, 2003 12:13 AM

Fisk does make a better verb than Arnett.

Posted by: BobbyV at April 4, 2003 12:34 AM

And I only know him for his moniker in the blogsphere.....ha. And at first I thought "Fisking" was a thing they did in "OZ"....bwahaha

Posted by: SondraK at April 4, 2003 12:37 AM

Is Fisk even IN Iraq????

Posted by: bob at April 4, 2003 12:47 AM

Ahhh Mr Fisk. I've been reading your reports and I have come to the conclusion that you are actually in Trinidad, not Bagdad. The seems to have been a muddle with your flight arrangements again.

Posted by: Ankchank at April 4, 2003 02:24 AM

Robert Fisk has been reporting in a one-sided, sanctimonious manner for years and years. The UK lefties love him, and John Pilger of The Mirror.

Even when they are shown - as with this story - to be absolutely clueless.

This story is so crazily wrong. It can now be used against him as the best ever ample of "fisking".

Posted by: JohninLondon at April 4, 2003 07:14 AM

In the phrase
"stood forlornly on the runway not far from an equally decrepit military helicopter"
the sentence could be read to mean that the helicopter is "equally decrepit" as Fisk himself, who also was standing on the runway. That's the one true thing he said.

Posted by: Daniel W at April 4, 2003 08:45 AM

Not only are we operating inside Saddam's decision cycle, but apparently we are operating inside of Fisk's reporting cycle as well.

Posted by: Helvetix Victorinox at April 4, 2003 10:55 AM

Just like Fisk was wrong about the U.S. missle that hit the Baghdad market? He may be wrong about the airport, but at least he gets in there and gets his hands dirty, unlike you blogging bombadiers, chickenhawks, racists, and general overall right wing scum.

And those are your good points.

http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=393723

http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=393737

Posted by: mike at April 4, 2003 11:06 AM