The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted.
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Just like surface-to-air missiles in Afghanistan were able to change the balance of power there.
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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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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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That has a continuous and robust inspection mechanism and that has snap-back provisions in case Iran violates the agreement.
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He crushed them brutally. But his military could not protect him.
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It will allow the moderate opposition to be able to neutralize the helicopters and aircraft that are dropping chemicals and have been carpet-bombing them
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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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Other than our disagreement over Syria, I would say our relationship with Russia is very good and we are seeking to broaden and deepen it.
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We believe that introducing surface-to-air missiles in Syria is going to change the balance of power on the ground.
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Today it’s a little bit more complicated.
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After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism.
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We support any deal that denies Iran nuclear weapons
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And Iran is responsible for setting up sectarian militias in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, whose objective is to destabilize those countries.
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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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And if you want us to play a supporting role, then tell us who is going to lead.
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There is a political process which we are trying to achieve through what is called the Vienna Group.
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We both want a unified Syria that is stable in which all Syrians enjoy equal rights.
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We have a war against Daesh (the Islamic State, or IS) in Syria.
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We have no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we can with Iran.
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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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That involves the establishment of a governing council, which is to take power away from Bashar Assad,
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It was in possession of heavy weapons, ballistic missiles and even an air force.
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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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It seems people don’t read or listen. Our scholars and our media have been very outspoken.
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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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There is nothing to encourage.
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