How can you be afraid to feel? Isn’t fear a feeling? If you’re feeling fear, you’ve felt one of the most negative emotions there is to feel.
BASHAR AL-ASSADAl-Qaeda has one ideology and they go back to the same leadership in Afghanistan or in Syria or in Iraq. That’s the question. You have tens of thousands of foreigners, that’s definitely correct. We are fighting them on the ground and we know this.
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When they don’t have support within their country, they couldn’t continue more than – how many weeks ? – three weeks. So, the only reason we stand here for two years and a half is because we have internal support, public support.
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The army is made of the people ; it cannot be made of robots.
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The sarin gas is a very primitive gas. You can have it done in the backyard of a house ; it’s a very primitive gas. So, it’s not something complicated.
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You cannot have democracy without the institutions. You cannot have a democracy that is built on the moods of self-interested people.
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I don’t believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.
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I think the Congress is elected by people, it represents the people, and works for their interest. The first question that they should ask themselves : what do wars give America, since Vietnam till now ? Nothing. No political gain, no economic gain, no good reputation.
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Israel does not care about the international public opinion.
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This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September.
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As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own… Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland.
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We cannot use jihadists because it’s like shooting yourself in the foot.
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They want to criticize you, let them criticize and do not worry. Just be transparent with your people and tell them this is the reality.
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Regarding fighting terrorism, we are ready to cooperate with anyone in this world with no conditions. That’s crux of our policy, not today, not yesterday; for years, even before the war on Syria, we always said that.
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It’s our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.
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That’s the problem with the American position; they think that they are the police of the world.
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On the border area with Lebanon where [Hezbollah forces] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don’t exist all over Syria.
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