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Bashar al-Assad

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
The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn’t mean that people hate me.
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Hate Mean People
The Russians always base their policies on values, and these values are the sovereignty of other countries, the international law, respecting other people, other cultures, so they don’t interfere in whatever is related to the future of Syria or the Syrian people.
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Country Law Other Respect Value
I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.
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Barack Evidence Transparent
You cannot talk about winning the war as long as there’s killing and destruction on daily basis.
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Long War Winning
Your policy should be a mixture between your interests and how you reach your ends, but based on values. It cannot be only the end justifies the means, because for the criminals, ends justify the means, for thieves, for every illegal and immoral action, the end justifies the means.
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Criminal Mean Thieves
It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.
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Democracy Persons Society
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
Actually, he gave false evidence [of chemical weapons]. In this case,[John] Kerry didn’t even present any evidence. He talked “we have evidence” and he didn’t present anything. Not yet, nothing so far ; not a single shred of evidence.
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Cases Chemicals Weapons
With the time, yes we can be worried, because the secular state should reflect secular society, and this secular society, with the time, if you don’t get rid of those terrorists and these extremists and the Wahabi style, of course it will influence at least the new and the coming generations.
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Secular Society Style Time Worry Yes
How could that army do that if it’s a family army or a sect army ? What about the rest of the country who support the government ? It’s not realistic, it doesn’t happen. Otherwise, the whole country will collapse.
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Country Family Government Happen Otherwise
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
We are ready to cooperate in any way to achieve stability in Syria, of course taking into consideration the interest of the country, and the will of the Syrian people.
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Country People Way
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.
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Country Islamic Support
If you don’t win and the terrorists win, Syria wouldn’t exist anymore.
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Country Terrorist Winning
Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. That is why we are in contact with most of the problems forever, let us say, whether directly or indirectly.
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East Forever Middle Problem

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