Just like surface-to-air missiles in Afghanistan were able to change the balance of power there.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRToday it’s a little bit more complicated.
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But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to resolve them.
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Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state.
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Is Russia worried that defeating Daesh will open the door for defeating Bashar Assad?
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The whole world was saying that the countries of the regions should step up and resolve their problems, so we stepped up.
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All of this, however, is still in the discussion phase and in the initial planning phase.
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Daesh members wear shoes. Does this mean everybody who wears shoes is Daesh?
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We want to have good ties with the Iranians, but if they want good ties with us
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We have capital punishment. America has capital punishment. Iran has capital punishment.
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Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?
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We had no other option – there was a radical militia allied with Iran and Hezbollah that took over the country.
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When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism.
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We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.
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We can’t do both. If you want us to lead, don’t criticize us.
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We were the first country in the world to hold a national public awareness campaign against extremism and terrorism.
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As long as Iran’s aggressive policies continue
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