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America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
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Armies are not only for offensives.
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As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
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As I said before, our starting points are the principles and Syria's interests in its relations with any foreign country.
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As long as there is aggression against an Arab country, and as long as there is a war close to our borders, the danger continues.
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As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland.
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Based on this understanding of Israel's nature and role, we should deal with the possibility of protracted aggression.
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But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.
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Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
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Despite the fact that the country with the endgame, i.e. the U.S. has stated it, there are those who refuse to see the truth.
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.
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Israel does not care about the international public opinion.
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Israel has a vested interest in dividing Iraq into small ethnic, national and ethnic mini-countries, so that Israel could enjoy legitimacy.
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Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.
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Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
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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.
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It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
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It is understandable that after a full Israeli withdrawal, Hizbullah will continue to play a role in Lebanese political life.
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It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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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.
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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.
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No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
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None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.
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Our conviction stems from our faith in the justice of our position and our nation, and is the result of our experience.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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The Gulf states, as well as the other Arab states, have their own principles, and they act according to these principles.
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
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The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
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The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.
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There are attempts to push Syria into a direction that contradicts its present one.
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There are countries in the Middle East with diverse nationalities, but they have social and historic cohesiveness.
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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.
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We are basically against terrorism, and on 9/11 they learned a lesson, and according to them they wanted to combat terrorism.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
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We, in Syria, our point of view stems from our experience.
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When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.
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When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused.
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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.
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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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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.
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