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.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIt’s not about me, again, this fight is not my fight, it’s not the fight of the government ; it’s the fight of the country, of the Syrian people.
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We are fully free, not partially, fully free, in everything related to the future of Syria.
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Let’s presume that a country or army has this weapon ; this kind of armaments cannot be used by infantry for example or by anyone. This kind of armament should be used by specialized units, so it cannot be in the hand of anyone.
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Those who arrived on America’s tanks are not credible in Iraq.
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Why should you use a term [rebels] in the United States and England and maybe other countries and use another term in Syria ? This is a double standard that we don’t accept.
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Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability is hurting growth.
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The army is made of the people ; it cannot be made of robots.
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We’re not in the area where the alleged chemical attack happened. I said alleged. We’re not sure that anything happened.
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Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.
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Sometimes you may kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands with very primitive armaments.
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None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.
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[It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting the terrorists at the same time. You cannot, you have to choose.
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration.
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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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You 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.
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The armament of the government is legal armament. Any other armament is not legal.
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