Did the President order anyone to kill civilians, did he order the destruction, did he order supporting terrorism in his country? Of course not.
BASHAR AL-ASSADFrom the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country.
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First of all, when you have a doctor who cut the leg to prevent the patient from the gangrene if you have to, we don’t call butcher ; you call him a doctor, and thank you for saving the lives.
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Those who arrived on America’s tanks are not credible in Iraq.
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There is no good war.
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We have to be there to get the evidence like what happened in Aleppo when we had evidence. And because the United States didn’t send the team, we sent the evidence to the Russians.
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But for us, in Syria, we have principles. We’ll do anything to prevent the region from another crazy war. It’s not only Syria. Because it will start in Syria.
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When you talk about Al-Qaeda it doesn’t matter if he’s Syrian or American or from Europe or from Asia or Africa.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
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Because of this interference for the last fifty years, that’s why they are very good only in creating problems, not in solving problems. That’s the problem with the American role.
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I cannot afford to make mistakes.
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It’s a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.
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Your policy should be a mixture between your interests and how you reach your ends, but based on values. It cannot be only the end justifies the means, because for the criminals, ends justify the means, for thieves, for every illegal and immoral action, the end justifies the means.
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It’s not religious war, but Al-Qaeda always use religions, Islam – actually, as a pretext and as a cover and as a mantle for their war and for their terrorism and for their killing and beheading and so on.
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Every friend of Syria is looking for peaceful solution, and we are convinced about that. We have this advice, and without this advice we are convinced about it.
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Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.
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