Bashar al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad
Bashar Hafez al-AssadLevantine pronunciation: ; born 11 September 1965) is the President of Syria, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces, General Secretary of the ruling Ba'ath Party and Regional Secretary of the party's branch in Syria. On 10 July 2000, he was elected president succeeding Hafez al-Assad, his father, who had led Syria for 30 years and died in office a month prior. In both the Syrian presidential election, 2000 and subsequent 2007 election, Bashar Assad received votes in his...
NationalitySyrian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 September 1965
CityDamascus, Syria
CountrySyrian Arab Republic
Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.
Think of the war against terrorism. In my view, Washington's approach can be compared to a doctor constantly banging away at a tumor instead of removing it surgically.
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.
History teaches us that nobody can prevent a resistance group from arming when it has the support of the people.
I don't believe in war, I believe in the principle of deterrence.
How can you be afraid to feel? Isn't fear a feeling? If you're feeling fear, you've felt one of the most negative emotions there is to feel. Everything else should be a piece of cake. Feel good, feel happy, feel healthy, feel loved, feel abundant, feel creative, feel compassionate, feel knowledgeable, feel powerful.
Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.
Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.
Hizbullah is not a militia.
America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
I cannot afford to make mistakes.
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.
Those who arrived on America's tanks are not credible in Iraq.
In the United States, they always talk about subtitles, about chapters in a book without taking the main title of the book. They talk about a subtitle in a chapter and if you ask them about the headline, the main title, they say they do not know.