Opposition doesn’t mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWhen you talk about cooperation, it means cooperation between two legal governments, not cooperation between foreign government and any faction within Syria.
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The second thing that we want to tell Congress, that they should ask and that what we expect them to ask this administration about the evidence that they have regarding the chemical story and allegations that they presented.
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I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.
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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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Iran doesn’t have any soldier in Syria, so how could Iran help me ?
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Actually, the terrorists have been killing our people since the beginning of this crisis two years and a half ago, and the Syrian people wanted the government and the state institutions and the army and the police to defend them, and that’s what happened.
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That’s all before the crisis. We always have this kind of cooperation with Iran [Supplies, weaponry].
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We have hopes that we can see rational American presidents; fair, obey the international law, deal with other countries according to mutual respect, parity, etc., but we all know that this is only wishful thinking and fantasy.
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At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
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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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This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.
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The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.
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Its not about learning to trust. Its about learning what it is I place my trust in and why. Its like learning to see the forest for the trees. You cannot see the forest for the trees unless you are outside the forest.
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Any strike will be as direct support to Al-Qaeda offshoot that’s called Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. You’re right about this. It’s going to be direct support.
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In Great Britain, an author published a book in which he claimed that Jesus Christ had children. Such statements don’t trigger civil unrest and bloodshed in Europe. But write similar statements about Islam in Syria and you might see bloody uprisings.
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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
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