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We 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.

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I don’t believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.
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Believe Country Fighting Join
Those who arrived on America’s tanks are not credible in Iraq.
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Country Credible Tank
Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
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Citizens Country Occupy Today
The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
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Decision People Political
I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
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Country Dies Everything Made
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
Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
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Country Harmony Interest
And let’s say in brief they live the Taliban style in Afghanistan, completely the same style.
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Completely Country Same Style
That’s all before the crisis. We always have this kind of cooperation with Iran [Supplies, weaponry].
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Cooperation Country Kind
They delayed it till just a few days before al-Ghouta when they sent those team, and the team itself said in its report that he did everything as he wanted. There was not a single obstacle.
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Condition Cooperate Day Obstacle Single
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
I think sadness prevails in Syria now. We don’t feel anything else but sadness because we have this killing every day, whether with chemical or any other kind.
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Kind Sadness Thinking
From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country. So, who killed ? That’s another question.
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Army Country Government
That’s the problem with the American position; they think that they are the police of the world.
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Police Thinking World
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
Under Syrian law, a journalist is not allowed to report on military matters. This may be wrong or right, but that’s just the way it is.
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We 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.

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We 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.

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