Circumstances don’t matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?
BASHAR AL-ASSADI am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
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Everything else should be a piece of cake. Feel good, feel happy, feel healthy, feel loved, feel abundant, feel creative, feel compassionate, feel knowledgeable, feel powerful.
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The part in Aleppo, what [people] call it the eastern part, is occupied by the terrorists for the last three years, and they have been using the civilians as human shields.
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We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
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In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments.
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Hezbollah fighters are on the borders with Lebanon where the terrorists attacked them. On the borders with Lebanon, this is where Hezbollah retaliated, and this is where we have cooperation, and that’s good.
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[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.
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We don’t say that we don’t have it, we’re still secular in Syria, but with the time, this secularism will be eroded.
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In the eighties, we asked for international coalition against terrorism after the Muslim Brotherhood crisis in Syria when they started killing, of course they were defeated at that time. We asked for the same thing. So, this is a long-term policy that we base our policy on for years now.
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Even a president makes mistakes.
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We wouldn’t have withstood for two years and a half. We would have disintegration of the army, disintegration of the whole institution in the state.
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We have the precedent of Collin Powell ten years ago, when he showed the evidence, it was false, and it was forged.
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Terrorism is a state of mind that on the one hand has to do with ignorance and, on the other hand, can be attributed to a feeling of desperation over the political situation, which at some point takes the form of revenge.
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I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
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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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[It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting the terrorists at the same time. You cannot, you have to choose.
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