Victory, and that's it. People like victory, they don't like justifications. You don't...
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Samir Khader:
History tells us that human beings have short memories. Who thinks now in the United States about what happened in Somalia in 1993? Nobody. Who thinks about what happened in Bosnia/Herzegovina? Nobody thinks about that. History is written by the victors. All that will be left from this war are just scripts and some history books, and that's it. Life will continue. We'll go on. There will be other problems, there will be other things to think about. There will be one single thing that will be left: victory, and that's it. People like victory, they don't like justifications. You don't have to justify it, once you are victorious, that's it
History tells us that human beings have short memories. Who thinks now in the United States about what happened in Somalia in 1993? Nobody. Who thinks about what happened in Bosnia/Herzegovina? Nobody thinks about that. History is written by the victors. All that will be left from this war are just scripts and some history books, and that's it. Life will continue. We'll go on. There will be other problems, there will be other things to think about. There will be one single thing that will be left: victory, and that's it. People like victory, they don't like justifications. You don't have to justify it, once you are victorious, that's it
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History tells us that
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human beings have short memories
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Who thinks now in the United States
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about what happened in Somalia in 1993
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Nobody
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Who thinks about what happened in Bosnia Herzegovina
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Nobody thinks about that
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History is written by the victors
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All what will be left from this war
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Movie Summary
A documentary on perception of the United States's war with Iraq, with an emphasis on Al Jazeera's coverage.