Bashar al-Assad on national
Bashar al-Assad238 quotes“If it’s not a national army, it cannot have the support, and if it doesn’t have the public support of every sect, it cannot do its job and advance recently. It cannot. The army of the family doesn’t make national war.”
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I don’t want to talk about methods of killing. But what is the difference between a bomb worn on the body and one dropped from an airplane? Both of them kill people.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad 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.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad 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.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad 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.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad 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.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad 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.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country. So, who killed ? That’s another question.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad You should expect everything. Not necessarily through the government, the governments are not the only player in [Middle East] region.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad From Russia for example, we have political support, which is different from the cooperation. We have cooperation for 60 years now, but now we have political support.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad “Winning” is a subjective word, but we are making advancement. This is the correct word, because winning for some people is when you finish completely.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad 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.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad In Great Britain, an author published a book in which he claimed that Jesus Christ had children. Such statements don’t trigger civil unrest and bloodshed in Europe. But write similar statements about Islam in Syria and you might see bloody uprisings.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad Any external support, if you want to call it support, let’s use this world, is… how to say… it’s going to be additional, but it’s not the base to depend on more than the Syrian support.
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