That would be a different story. But I don’t think World War III is going to happen in Syria.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRSo he asked the Iranians to come in and help.
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What we want is stability and security so we can focus on our own development.
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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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Do you want us to lead, or do you want us to play a supporting role?
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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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Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state.
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As long as Iran’s aggressive policies continue
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The Iranians should just stay away from us.
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Today it’s a little bit more complicated.
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Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering with the affairs of its neighbors
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Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?
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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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There is nothing to encourage.
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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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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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