We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
BASHAR AL-ASSADSince the beginning of the crisis, since the terrorists started to control some areas within Syria, the majority of the Syrian civilians left that areas to join the government areas, not vice versa. If the majority of the Syrians don’t trust the government, they should go the other way.
BASHAR AL-ASSADToday, 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.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWhen people interact and integrate with each other on daily basis in every detail. So, I think in this regard I am more assured that Syria will be more unified. So, the only problem now that we face is not the partition, but terrorism.
BASHAR AL-ASSADSince its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD[ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later.
BASHAR AL-ASSADYou cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind. So the core issue is how to open the mind, the whole society, and this means everybody in society including everyone.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe American officials should learn to deal with reality. Why did the United States fail in most of its wars ? Because it always based its wars on the wrong information. So, whether they believe or not, this is not reality.
BASHAR AL-ASSADYou said treaties, and a Russian official said ; we have not agreement… contracts, that we have to fulfill, and those contracts are like any country ; you buy armaments, you buy anything you want.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThis war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWith the time, yes we can be worried, because the secular state should reflect secular society, and this secular society, with the time, if you don’t get rid of those terrorists and these extremists and the Wahabi style, of course it will influence at least the new and the coming generations.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIt is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIn any war, people will pay the price.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe don’t say that we don’t have it, we’re still secular in Syria, but with the time, this secularism will be eroded.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
BASHAR AL-ASSADBecause 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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