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
ADEL AL-JUBEIRDaesh members wear shoes. Does this mean everybody who wears shoes is Daesh?
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These people are criminals. They’re psychopaths.
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After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism.
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We go after the terrorists and those who support them and those who justify their actions.
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People are saying, “Oh my God, Saudi Arabia has changed.” It’s a contradiction.
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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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And if you want us to play a supporting role, then tell us who is going to lead.
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The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before.
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That has a continuous and robust inspection mechanism and that has snap-back provisions in case Iran violates the agreement.
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The Iranians should just stay away from us.
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But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to resolve them.
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It seems people don’t read or listen. Our scholars and our media have been very outspoken.
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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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The country [Syria] would be destroyed. Unfortunately, our warnings are coming true.
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You cannot lecture another people about what you think is right or wrong based on your value system unless you’re willing to accept others imposing their value system on you.
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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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So we responded, as part of a coalition, at the request of the legitimate government of Yemen, and we stepped in to support them.
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Twenty million Russians are Muslims.
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Today it’s a little bit more complicated.
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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 have always said there are two ways to resolve Syria, and both will end up with the same result: a Syria without Bashar Assad.
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We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.
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Even the disagreement over Syria is more of a tactical one than a strategic one.
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We have a legal system, and this is not something that happens all the time.
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So he asked the Iranians to come in and help.
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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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It was in possession of heavy weapons, ballistic missiles and even an air force.
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