The army is made of the people ; it cannot be made of robots.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIn Great Britain, an author published a book in which he claimed that Jesus Christ had children. Such statements don’t trigger civil unrest and bloodshed in Europe. But write similar statements about Islam in Syria and you might see bloody uprisings.
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Before the 11th of September, in my discussions with many officials of the United States, some of them are Congressmen, I used to say that “don’t deal with terrorists as playing games.” It’s a different story. You’re going to pay the price if you’re not wise in dealing with terrorists.
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It is difficult for anyone to tell you what is going to happen. [Middle East] is an area where everything is on the brink of explosion.
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We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
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Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.
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We are against any WMD, any weapons of mass destruction, whether chemical or nuclear.
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There is no good war.
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Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
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History teaches us that nobody can prevent a resistance group from arming when it has the support of the people.
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We asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north of Syria,
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Without the public support, we cannot withstand two years and a half. Look at the other countries, look what happened in Libya, in Tunisia and in Egypt.
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You have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now.
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Because of this interference for the last fifty years, that’s why they are very good only in creating problems, not in solving problems. That’s the problem with the American role.
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Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
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In Great Britain, an author published a book in which he claimed that Jesus Christ had children. Such statements don’t trigger civil unrest and bloodshed in Europe. But write similar statements about Islam in Syria and you might see bloody uprisings.
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The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.
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