Think of the war against terrorism. In my view, Washington’s approach can be compared to a doctor constantly banging away at a tumor instead of removing it surgically.
BASHAR AL-ASSADAny strike will be as direct support to Al-Qaeda offshoot that’s called Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. You’re right about this. It’s going to be direct support.
More Bashar al-Assad Quotes
-
-
We asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north of Syria,
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Let’s presume that a country or army has this weapon ; this kind of armaments cannot be used by infantry for example or by anyone. This kind of armament should be used by specialized units, so it cannot be in the hand of anyone.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
“Winning” is a subjective word, but we are making advancement. This is the correct word, because winning for some people is when you finish completely.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
We wouldn’t have withstood for two years and a half. We would have disintegration of the army, disintegration of the whole institution in the state.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
They need money from abroad, they need moral support and political support from abroad. They don’t have any grassroots, any incubator. So, when you stop the smuggling, we don’t have problems.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Any strike will be as direct support to Al-Qaeda offshoot that’s called Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. You’re right about this. It’s going to be direct support.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
We’re not in the area where the alleged chemical attack happened. I said alleged. We’re not sure that anything happened.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
You cannot talk about winning the war as long as there’s killing and destruction on daily basis.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Terrorists have been supported by tens of foreign countries, so Syria alone wouldn’t be able to face this kind of war without the help of its friends.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
We can say, you can win the war only when you restore stability in Syria.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
We have to be there to get the evidence like what happened in Aleppo when we had evidence. And because the United States didn’t send the team, we sent the evidence to the Russians.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Even a president makes mistakes.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Almost all countries have natural dividing lines, and when ethnic and religious partition occurs in one country, it’ll soon happen elsewhere.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD