Just like surface-to-air missiles in Afghanistan were able to change the balance of power there.
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The argument is more accurate when one says America is focusing more attention to the Far East.
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The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before.
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We have a legal system, and this is not something that happens all the time.
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The longer it takes, the worse it will get.
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People are saying, “Oh my God, Saudi Arabia has changed.” It’s a contradiction.
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We support any deal that denies Iran nuclear weapons
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Like Russia, we have an interest in fighting radicalism and extremism.
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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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We have a war against Daesh (the Islamic State, or IS) in Syria.
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Today it’s a little bit more complicated.
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We warned when the crisis began in 2011 that unless it was resolved quickly
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He crushed them brutally. But his military could not protect him.
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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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The Russians say their objective is to defeat Daesh, too.
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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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