We’ve been dealing with this kind of terrorism since the fifties, since the Muslim Brotherhood came to Syria at that time.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe’ve been dealing with this kind of terrorism since the fifties, since the Muslim Brotherhood came to Syria at that time.
BASHAR AL-ASSADAs we see now the American officials, they say something in the morning and they do the opposite in the evening. So, you cannot judge those people according to what they say. You cannot take them at their words, to be frank.
BASHAR AL-ASSADAs I said, this [repercussions] may take different forms : direct and indirect. Direct when people want to retaliate, or governments. Indirect when you’re going to have instability and the spread of terrorism all over the region that will influence the west directly.
BASHAR AL-ASSADNobody knows [who they are] because when [terrorists] are dead and they are killed, they don’t have any ID.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThose 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.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIt’s not exactly fair to make a mistake yourself and then start blaming others for it.
BASHAR AL-ASSADI will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.
BASHAR AL-ASSADEven a president makes mistakes.
BASHAR AL-ASSADI am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
BASHAR AL-ASSADHistory teaches us that nobody can prevent a resistance group from arming when it has the support of the people.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe would have disintegration of Syria if that was the case. It can’t be tolerated in Syria. I’m talking about the normal reaction of the people.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society, not the foreigners.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe external support can never substitute internal support, the example that we have to look at very well is Egypt and Tunisia ; they have all the support from the West and from the Gulf and from most of the countries of the world.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIran doesn’t have any soldier in Syria, so how could Iran help me ?
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe sarin gas is a very primitive gas. You can have it done in the backyard of a house ; it’s a very primitive gas. So, it’s not something complicated.
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