Almost all countries have natural dividing lines, and when ethnic and religious partition occurs in one country, it’ll soon happen elsewhere.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIt is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.
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At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
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We never said that the majority [of the terrorists] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call “free Syrian army.” That’s what we said.
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You look at [terrorists] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to tell, but definitely the majority are Al-Qaeda.
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They want to criticize you, let them criticize and do not worry. Just be transparent with your people and tell them this is the reality.
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I am not talking about the state or average or common people. I am talking about everybody; because when you close your mind as an official you cannot upgrade and vice versa.
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We are worried that rebels are taking control in many countries, and look at the results now. Are you satisfied as an American ? What are the results ? Nothing. Very bad – nothing good.
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The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
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You want me to believe American evidence and don’t want me to believe the indications that we have. We live here, this is our reality.
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Those fighters, the Syrian part that you’re talking about, lost its natural incubators in the Syrian society – they don’t have incubators anymore ; that’s why they have incubators abroad.
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We don’t discuss this issue [conversations with Russia] as a government, but we discuss the repercussions, which is more important because sometimes repercussions could be more destroying than the strike itself.
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You cannot have democracy without the institutions. You cannot have a democracy that is built on the moods of self-interested people.
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That’s the problem with the American position; they think that they are the police of the world.
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The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn’t mean that people hate me.
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The Russians are fighting for us, for the world, and for their self.
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History teaches us that nobody can prevent a resistance group from arming when it has the support of the people.
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