Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can’t possibly claim that it was successful.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe are worried that rebels are taking control in many countries, and look at the results now. Are you satisfied as an American ? What are the results ? Nothing. Very bad – nothing good.
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It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
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That the rebels or the terrorists used the chemical weapons in northern Aleppo five months ago [in 2013].
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Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
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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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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.
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We have hopes that we can see rational American presidents; fair, obey the international law, deal with other countries according to mutual respect, parity, etc., but we all know that this is only wishful thinking and fantasy.
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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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None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.
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At the end, killing is killing. Massacring is massacring.
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I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
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On the border area with Lebanon where [Hezbollah forces] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don’t exist all over Syria.
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My country and me, we are part of this region, we’re not separated. We cannot discuss it as Syria or as me ; it should be as part, as a whole, as comprehensive. That’s how we have to look at it.
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Did the President order anyone to kill civilians, did he order the destruction, did he order supporting terrorism in his country? Of course not.
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I don’t believe in war, I believe in the principle of deterrence.
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