This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week. Bashar al-Assad More Quotes by Bashar al-Assad More Quotes From Bashar al-Assad From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country. So, who killed ? That's another question. Actually, the terrorists have been killing our people since the beginning of this crisis two years and a half ago, and the Syrian people wanted the government and the state institutions and the army and the police to defend them, and that's what happened. Bashar al-Assad army government country There's a video on YouTube where the terrorists clearly make trials [of chemical weapons] on a rabbit and kill the rabbit and said "this is how we're going to kill the Syrian people." Bashar al-Assad video rabbits people We've been dealing with this kind of terrorism since the fifties, since the Muslim Brotherhood came to Syria at that time. Bashar al-Assad terrorism brotherhood kind John Kerry presented his confidence and his convictions. It's not about confidence, it's about evidence. The Russians have completely opposite evidence that the missiles were thrown from an area where the rebels control. This reminds me - what Kerry said - about the big lie that Collin Powell said in front of the world on satellites about the WMD in Iraq before going to war. He said "this is our evidence." Bashar al-Assad wmd war lying Actually, he gave false evidence [of chemical weapons]. In this case,[John] Kerry didn't even present any evidence. He talked "we have evidence" and he didn't present anything. Not yet, nothing so far ; not a single shred of evidence. Bashar al-Assad chemicals cases weapons These people that started here, they support the government now against those rebels. Why talking about what happened at the very beginning is completely different from what is happening now - it's not the same. There's very high dynamic, things are changing on daily basis. It's a completely different image. Those people who wanted revolution, they are cooperating with us. Bashar al-Assad government talking people Any cooperation that doesn't go through the Syrian government is not legal. If it's not legal, we cannot cooperate with, and we don't recognize and we don't accept. Bashar al-Assad cooperation accepting government I always say the Syrian problem as isolated case, as Syrian case, is not very complicated. What makes it complicated is the interference from the outside, especially the Western interference because it's against the will of the Syrian government, while the intervention of the Russians, Iranians, and Hezbollah is because of the invitation of the Syrian government. Bashar al-Assad hezbollah government problem The Russians are fighting for us, for the world, and for their self. Bashar al-Assad fighting self world Any strike will be as direct support to Al-Qaeda offshoot that's called Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. You're right about this. It's going to be direct support. Bashar al-Assad islamic iraq support I don't believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria. Bashar al-Assad russia fighting believe Do you call the people in Los Angeles in the nineties - do you call them rebels or opposition ? They are rebels. They are not rebels even, they are beheading. This opposition, opposing country or government, by beheading ? By barbecuing heads ? By eating the hearts of your victim ? Is that opposition ? What do you call the people who attacked the two towers on the 11th of September ? Opposition ? Even if they're not Americans, I know this, but some of them I think have nationality - I think one of them has American nationality. Do you call him opposition or terrorist ? Bashar al-Assad heart country thinking 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. Bashar al-Assad playing-games pay-the-price wise I've never heard of soft war.There's no soft war. War is war. Any war is ruthless. When you fight terrorists, you fight them like any other war. Bashar al-Assad ruthless fighting war I said we don't pin a lot of hopes of changing administrations [in U.S.] because that context has been going on for more than fifty years now, and that's expected. If they want to continue in the same position of the United States creating problems around the world, that's what they have to do: only interfering in the matters of other nations. Bashar al-Assad creating world years Anyone who's not military knows this fact. Why do you use chemical weapons while you're advancing ? Bashar al-Assad weapons military use 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. Bashar al-Assad leaving mean country In the end a lie is a lie. Bashar al-Assad ends lying Even a president makes mistakes. Bashar al-Assad making-mistakes president mistake Iran doesn't have any soldier in Syria, so how could Iran help me ? Bashar al-Assad iran soldier helping
