The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
BASHAR AL-ASSADTerrorists have been supported by tens of foreign countries, so Syria alone wouldn’t be able to face this kind of war without the help of its friends.
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Our democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time.
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We’re talking about one region, bigger regions, not only about Syria. This interlinked region, this intermingled, interlocked, whatever you want to call it ; if you strike somewhere, you have to expect the repercussions somewhere else in different forms in ways you don’t expect.
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It 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.
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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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It’s not exactly fair to make a mistake yourself and then start blaming others for it.
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They need money from abroad, they need moral support and political support from abroad. They don’t have any grassroots, any incubator. So, when you stop the smuggling, we don’t have problems.
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Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.
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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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Iran doesn’t have any soldier in Syria, so how could Iran help me ?
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Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.
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People do not only live on interests; they also live on beliefs, especially in very ideological areas. Unless you understand the ideological aspect of the region, you cannot understand what is happening.
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The hope for an American is different from the hope of a Syrian. For me, I should be the hope of the Syrian, not any other one, not American, neither French, nor anyone in the world. I’m President to help the Syrian people.
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Syria is in a state of war since its land was occupied for more than four decades, and the nature of the frontier in Syria implies that most of the army is in inhabited areas, most of the centers are in inhabited areas.
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Your policy should be a mixture between your interests and how you reach your ends, but based on values. It cannot be only the end justifies the means, because for the criminals, ends justify the means, for thieves, for every illegal and immoral action, the end justifies the means.
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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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