The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.
BASHAR AL-ASSADI don’t believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThere’s a video on YouTube where the terrorists clearly make trials [of chemical weapons] on a rabbit and kill the rabbit and said “this is how we’re going to kill the Syrian people.”
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe 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.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe learned that lesson very well, especially in the eighties, that terrorists cannot be used as a political card, you cannot put it in your pocket, because it’s like a scorpion; it will bite you someday.
BASHAR AL-ASSADSomething that many officials in the West don’t see or don’t realize or don’t acknowledge – and in the interest of the Russian people, because they have been facing terrorists for decades now.
BASHAR AL-ASSADYou hardly find any military base in distant areas from the [Syria] cities unless it’s an airport or something like this, but most of the military bases or centers within inhabited areas.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe second thing that we want to tell Congress, that they should ask and that what we expect them to ask this administration about the evidence that they have regarding the chemical story and allegations that they presented.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe 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.
BASHAR AL-ASSADEven a president makes mistakes.
BASHAR AL-ASSADCircumstances don’t matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?
BASHAR AL-ASSADSyria is in a state of war since its land was occupied for more than four decades, and the nature of the frontier in Syria implies that most of the army is in inhabited areas, most of the centers are in inhabited areas.
BASHAR AL-ASSADEvery country has criminals who have to be fought. They can exist anywhere, including the government or the army – or outside the government and army.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe always say we have wishful thinking that the Unites States would be unbiased, respect the international law, doesn’t interfere in other countries around the world, and of course to stop supporting terrorists in Syria.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIt’s our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.
BASHAR AL-ASSADOpposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.
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