‘The Islamists won’

David Starkey on how the West turned on itself in the wake of 9/11.

Topics Politics USA World

This is the first half of historian David Starkey’s conversation with spiked’s Fraser Myers. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, they discuss the religious roots of Islamic extremism, the insanity of the Iraq War and how the West gave up on its civilisation.

The second half is coming soon.

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