They want to criticize you, let them criticize and do not worry. Just be transparent with your people and tell them this is the reality. Bashar al-Assad More Quotes by Bashar al-Assad More Quotes From Bashar al-Assad Of course, when Secretary-General is objective, he can play an important role in dealing with different officials in the United Nations in order to bring the policies of the different states - mainly Russia and the United States - toward more cooperation and more stability regarding Syria. Bashar al-Assad russia play order [Peace in Syria] is [António Guterres] priority, and of course it's our priority, that's self-evident. Bashar al-Assad priorities ants self Everybody knows that the United Nations is not the Secretary-General; he has an important position, but the United Nations is the states within this organization, and to be frank, most of the people say only the five permanent members; this is the United Nations because they have the veto, they can do whatever they want and they can refuse whatever they want, and if there's a reform that is very much needed for this organization. Bashar al-Assad important organization people Let's be realistic, every terrorist came to Syria, he came through Turkey with the support of [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan. So, fighting those terrorists is like fighting the army of Erdogan, not the Turkish army, the army of Erdogan. Bashar al-Assad turkeys army fighting It's not religious war, but Al-Qaeda always use religions, Islam - actually, as a pretext and as a cover and as a mantle for their war and for their terrorism and for their killing and beheading and so on. Bashar al-Assad islam religious war You hardly find any military base in distant areas from the [Syria] cities unless it's an airport or something like this, but most of the military bases or centers within inhabited areas. Bashar al-Assad airports military cities We feel pain for every Syrian victim. Bashar al-Assad pain victim feels 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. Bashar al-Assad majority creating support If the American administration want to support Al-Qaeda - go ahead. That's what we have to tell them, go ahead and support Al-Qaeda, but don't talk about rebels and free Syrian army. Bashar al-Assad rebel support army Peace in Syria is not only our priority; it's a Middle Eastern priority, and when the Middle East is stable, the rest of the world is stable, because the Middle East is the heart of the world geographically and geopolitically, and Syria is the heart of the Middle East geographically and geopolitically. Bashar al-Assad priorities middle-east heart I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent. Bashar al-Assad transparent evidence barack If we want to expect something from this [Barack Obama] administration, it is not to be weak, to be strong to say that "we don't have evidence," that "we have to obey the international law", that "we have to go back to the Security Council and the United Nations". Bashar al-Assad strong law want The 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-Assad war believe reality I wouldn't tell the President [Barack Obama] or any other official, because we are disappointed by their behavior recently, because we expected this administration to be different from Bush's administration. They are adopting the same doctrine with different accessories. Bashar al-Assad doctrine different president You have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now. Bashar al-Assad middle-east party different It started partly as a sectarian war in some areas, but now it's not, because when you talk about sectarian war or religious war, you should have a very clear line between the sects and religions in Syria according to the geography and the demography in Syria, something we don't have. Bashar al-Assad religious should-have war It'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. Bashar al-Assad government fighting country Some of these agendas wanted me to quit, very simply, so they said "we have all the guarantees if you want to leave, and all the money and everything you want." Of course, you just ignore that. Bashar al-Assad agendas guarantees want We are ready to cooperate in any way to achieve stability in Syria, of course taking into consideration the interest of the country, and the will of the Syrian people. Bashar al-Assad country people way We've been living in difficult circumstances and we prepare ourselves for every possibility. But that doesn't mean if you're prepared things will be better ; it's going to get worse with any foolish strike or stupid war. Bashar al-Assad stupid war mean
