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The hope for an American is different from the hope of a Syrian. For me, I should be the hope of the Syrian, not any other one, not American, neither French, nor anyone in the world. I’m President to help the Syrian people.

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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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People Support War
I cannot afford to make mistakes.
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Afford Making Mistake
You look at [terrorists] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to tell, but definitely the majority are Al-Qaeda.
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Estimate Looks Majority Precise
Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.
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Eugenics Lebanon Occupation
The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
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Decision People Political
Circumstances don’t matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?
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Attitude Matter States
In the United States, they always talk about subtitles, about chapters in a book without taking the main title of the book. They talk about a subtitle in a chapter and if you ask them about the headline, the main title, they say they do not know.
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Book Titles United States
We would have disintegration of Syria if that was the case. It can’t be tolerated in Syria. I’m talking about the normal reaction of the people.
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Country Normal People Reaction Tolerate
Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can’t possibly claim that it was successful.
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Country Looks Successful
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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Government Lebanon
Israel does not care about the international public opinion.
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Country International Public Opinion
We don’t say that we don’t have it, we’re still secular in Syria, but with the time, this secularism will be eroded.
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Country Secular Secularism
Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.
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Different Movement Political
Any cooperation that doesn’t go through the Syrian government is not legal. If it’s not legal, we cannot cooperate with, and we don’t recognize and we don’t accept.
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Accept Cooperation Government
It’s a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.
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Dangerous Get Morning Up
Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.
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East Geographical Middle Political

The hope for an American is different from the hope of a Syrian. For me, I should be the hope of the Syrian, not any other one, not American, neither French, nor anyone in the world. I’m President to help the Syrian people.

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The hope for an American is different from the hope of a Syrian. For me, I should be the hope of the Syrian, not any other one, not American, neither French, nor anyone in the world. I’m President to help the Syrian people.

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