So we responded, as part of a coalition, at the request of the legitimate government of Yemen, and we stepped in to support them.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRJust like surface-to-air missiles in Afghanistan were able to change the balance of power there.
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I don’t think anyone can predict what the short term will look like. In the long term, it will be a Syria without Bashar Assad
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There is nothing to encourage.
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Do you want us to lead, or do you want us to play a supporting role?
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A coalition that was led by the United States, with Saudi Arabia being one of the first members of that coalition.
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The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted.
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That would be a different story. But I don’t think World War III is going to happen in Syria.
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That involves the establishment of a governing council, which is to take power away from Bashar Assad,
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Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state.
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Iran has been a neighbor for millenia, and will continue to be a neighbor for millenia.
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Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering with the affairs of its neighbors
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As long as Iran’s aggressive policies continue
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Show me one Iranian diplomat we killed! I can show you many Saudi diplomats who were killed by Iran.
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Bashar Assad has said many things. We will see in the near term whether he is serious about a political process.
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The Iranians should just stay away from us.
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He crushed them brutally. But his military could not protect him.
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We have capital punishment. America has capital punishment. Iran has capital punishment.
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Twenty million Russians are Muslims.
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If the deployment of ground troops helps in the fight against Daesh, why is that World War III?
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We go after the terrorists and those who support them and those who justify their actions.
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The Russians say their objective is to defeat Daesh, too.
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The Iranians know what they need to do in order to become a responsible member of the international community and in order to become a good neighbor, and it’s really up to them to change their behavior.
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We have a war against Daesh (the Islamic State, or IS) in Syria.
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What we want is stability and security so we can focus on our own development.
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Then I tell them: Don’t keep attacking us as you have done for the last years.
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After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism.
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Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?
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