John Pilger, This much i know, The Observer, 13 November 2005
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If those who support aggressive war had seen a fraction of what I've seen, if they'd watched children fry to death from Napalm and bleed to death from a cluster bomb], they might not utter the claptrap they do... The impact of the human tragedies I've reported on is that, more often than not, I'll be angry. I want to know why is this child dying? These are not acts of God; they're results of respectable politicians' decisions.

— John Pilger on Alternative media

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If those who support aggressive war had seen a fraction of what I've seen, if they'd watched children fry to death from Napalm and bleed to death from a cluster bomb], they might not utter the claptrap they do... The impact of the human tragedies I've reported on is that, more often than not, I'll be angry. I want to know why is this child dying? These are not acts of God; they're results of respectable politicians' decisions." in the context of "John Pilger, This much i know, The Observer, 13 November 2005" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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John Pilger

About John Pilger

John Richard Pilger (9 October 1939 – 30 December 2023) was an Australian journalist and documentary maker based in London and Sydney.