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Fighting the terrorists in Syria is not only in the interest of Syria or the Syrian people; in the interest of the Middle East, of Europe itself.

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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.
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Barack Evidence Transparent
You cannot have democracy without the institutions. You cannot have a democracy that is built on the moods of self-interested people.
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Democracy People Self
We’re not sure that if there’s chemical weapon used and who used it. We can’t talk about virtual things, we have to talk about facts.
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Chemicals Fact Weapons
The external support can never substitute internal support, the example that we have to look at very well is Egypt and Tunisia ; they have all the support from the West and from the Gulf and from most of the countries of the world.
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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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Goal Growth Hurt
If you ask Americans whether they’ve been successful at sealing the border with Mexico, they’ll tell you that it’s a very difficult proposition.
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Border Country Proposition Successful
The majority of fighters now are Al-Qaeda. If you want to support them, you are supporting Al-Qaeda, you are creating havoc in the region, and if this region is not stable, the whole world cannot be stable.
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We wouldn’t have withstood for two years and a half. We would have disintegration of the army, disintegration of the whole institution in the state.
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You have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now.
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It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it.
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There can be no peace without unity.
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When you’re in the middle of a storm, leaving your country just because you have to leave without any reasonable reason, it means you’re quitting your country and this is treason.
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That’s all before the crisis. We always have this kind of cooperation with Iran [Supplies, weaponry].
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Before the 11th of September, in my discussions with many officials of the United States, some of them are Congressmen, I used to say that “don’t deal with terrorists as playing games.” It’s a different story. You’re going to pay the price if you’re not wise in dealing with terrorists.
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Even a president makes mistakes.
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Fighting the terrorists in Syria is not only in the interest of Syria or the Syrian people; in the interest of the Middle East, of Europe itself.

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