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Dexter Filkins had come to Iraq
after reporting on the Afghan War
for the New York Times. People have asked me whether I got
addicted to violence
and the answer is no. I think what I was addicted to is
the kind of largeness of the thing. When you're in an historic situation
like that, it's like the continental plates
are slipping. It's incredible. It's like breathing pure oxygen
after reporting on the Afghan War
for the New York Times. People have asked me whether I got
addicted to violence
and the answer is no. I think what I was addicted to is
the kind of largeness of the thing. When you're in an historic situation
like that, it's like the continental plates
are slipping. It's incredible. It's like breathing pure oxygen
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Dexter Filkins had come to Iraq
after reporting
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on the Afghan War
for the New York Times.
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People have asked me whether I got
addicted to violence
and the answer is no.
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I think what I was addicted to is
the kind of largeness of the thing.
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When you're in an historic situation
like that,
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it's like the continental plates
are slipping.
00:00:22.012 --> 00:00:23.056
It's incredible.
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It's like breathing pure oxygen.
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