It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
We, in Syria, our point of view stems from our experience.
Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.
You in Lebanon, your power is no match to Israel. Israel, militarily, is more powerful than you and maybe it is more powerful than all the Arab countries, or most of them.
The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.
When we analyze this war in a materialistic way and ask when is it going to end and who will be the winner and the loser, it means that we do not see the endgame.
Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.
America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
Hizbullah is not a militia.
I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
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.
We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue.
Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.
Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
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