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From Russia for example, we have political support, which is different from the cooperation. We have cooperation for 60 years now, but now we have political support.

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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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Continue Country More Support Week
It’s not exactly fair to make a mistake yourself and then start blaming others for it.
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Blame Mistake Others
We don’t discuss this issue [conversations with Russia] as a government, but we discuss the repercussions, which is more important because sometimes repercussions could be more destroying than the strike itself.
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Country Government Issues
The United States’ credibility is at an all-time low. So, this war is against the interest of the Untied States.
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All Low Time United States War
It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
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Doe Hair Natural
The only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society, not the foreigners.
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Country Fighting People
It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.
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Democracy Persons Society
Israel does not care about the international public opinion.
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Country International Public Opinion
[United States] are sovereign country, they are an independent country, but this is their limit; they don’t have to interfere in any other country.
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Country Independent Years
Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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Confrontation Mean Worry
If the rebels or the terrorists in this region or any other group have [chemical warfare], this could happen, I don’t know. I’m not a fortuneteller to tell you what’s going to happen.
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Groups Rebel Warfare
Our democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time.
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Culture Democracy Reality
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.
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Abroad Border Country Smuggle Terrorist
In Aleppo we had the missile itself, and the material, and the sample from the sand, from the soil, and samples from the blood [of chemical weapons].
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Blood Soil Weapons
Whatever the American officials said about the conflicts in Syria in general has no credibility. Whatever they say, it’s just lies and, let’s say, bubbles, has no foundation on the ground.
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Conflict Foundation Lying
Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.
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East Geographical Middle Political
We didn’t say that 80% [of terrorists], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. We said the vast majority are Al-Qaeda or Al-Qaeda offshoot organizations in this region.
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Example Majority Organization
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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Different People President
I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.
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Believe United States Violence
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
There can be no peace without unity.
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Hope Peace Unity
We have the precedent of Collin Powell ten years ago, when he showed the evidence, it was false, and it was forged.
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Evidence Precedent Years
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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Country Thinking War
We cannot use jihadists because it’s like shooting yourself in the foot.
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Feet Shooting Use
I cannot afford to make mistakes.
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Afford Making Mistake
If you want to talk about mistakes, every country has mistakes, every government has mistakes, every person has mistakes. When you have a war, you have more mistakes. That’s the natural thing.
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Country Mistake War
The problem with every American candidate regarding the presidency, I am not talking only about this campaign or elections, but generally, that they say something during the campaign and they do the opposite after the campaign.
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Campaigns Opposites Talking

From Russia for example, we have political support, which is different from the cooperation. We have cooperation for 60 years now, but now we have political support.

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