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-JUBEIRThen I tell them: Don’t keep attacking us as you have done for the last years.
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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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These people are criminals. They’re psychopaths.
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In the 1950s and 1960s, there were revolutions.
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We have no interest in seeing an unstable Yemen or seeing a Yemen that is devastated.
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But I don’t believe it comes at the expense of the Middle East.
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Every society decides what its laws are, and it’s the people who make decisions with regards to these laws.
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You cannot impose your values on us, otherwise the world will become the law of the jungle.
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A policy of assassinating diplomats and of attacking embassies.
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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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All of this, however, is still in the discussion phase and in the initial planning phase.
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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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Should we stand by idly while this happens at our doorstep, in one of the countries in which al-Qaida has a huge presence?
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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 no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we can with Iran.
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Our concern is that Iran will use the income it receives as a result of the lifting of the nuclear sanctions in order to fund its nefarious activities in the region.
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