Syria Quotes - Page 22

• The world's politics are in turmoil, not to mention the Mideast, where the US has mounted attacks from Libya to Iraq to Syria, and ISIS is attacking governments in today's pipeline rivalry.

  Michael Hudson

  Government, Isis, Iraq

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• US opposition to Russia and China has entailed sanctions against Russia, and Russia in turn has made counter-sanctions against Europe. So Europe is essentially sacrificing its opportunities for trade and investment in order to remain part of NATO. It is also agreeing to bomb Syria and the Near East, creating a wave of refugees that it doesn't know what to do with.

  Michael Hudson

  Sacrifice, Opportunity, Russia

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Recep Tayyip Erdogan would be considered a gradualist. He is not decreeing Sharia as the law of the land tomorrow. He’s making gradual steps to desecularize the country so it’s not a shock to everyone, doesn’t cause all kinds of panic in the western world and the Europe world. And ISIS might be growing impatient. Even though they’ve been allied over oil and Syria, ISIS could be growing impatient. Then they see the deal with Israel, and they say, “To hell with this.”

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, Israel, Isis

  "Scrambling Liberals Don’t Know Who to Blame for the Istanbul Airport Attack". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. June 29, 2016.

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• In Syria, if [Bashar al-] Assad had just been a statesman and handed over the reigns in time, Syria would not be heading down the nightmare that it is today.

  Richard Branson

  Reign, Als, Today

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• On conflicts, generally speaking, the world is a hell of a lot better to live in today than it was thirty years ago, despite what's going on in Syria. There are definitely hopeful signs that the world is moving, decade by decade, in the right direction.

  Richard Branson

  Moving, Years, Hopeful

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• We've seen what happened in Libya, what a disaster that's been driven by Hillary Clinton, and the disaster in Syria and almost disaster in Egypt. What a close call that's been. We're not out of the woods yet with Egypt.

  Jeff Sessions

  Egypt, Woods, Clinton

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• Every other country where there's absolute chaos now, what is it? They're pluralistic without consensus. Look at almost every single country, from Syria, to Iraq, to Iran, Ukraine, no matter where it is. I just think it is totally counter to our tradition.

  Joe Biden

  Country, Thinking, Iraq

  Interview with Rachel Maddow, www.msnbc.com. February 18, 2016.

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• Donald Trump can say hey, did she [Hillary Clinton] short-circuit when she reset the relationship with Vladimir Putin and now Russia is, according to "The New York Times" article today, Russia is in control in Syria?

  Rudy Giuliani

  New York, Russia, Hey

  "'This Week' Transcript: Rudy Giuliani and Michael Morell". abcnews.go.com. August 7, 2016.

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• Eighty percent of those people with a passport from the Netherlands who go to Syria as jihadists are actually Moroccans.

  Geert Wilders

  People, Netherlands, Passports

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I'm homesick. But I cannot go back to Syria. I lost everything. And I'm against the Syrian regime, so there is no way to go back. I'm really homesick.

  Osama Alomar

  Homesick

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• As a writer, my weapon is my pen. I want to create more awareness about the people in Syria. This is the most important issue: protecting civilians in this crazy war.

  Osama Alomar

  Crazy, War, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Some people think that the Syrian people are from another planet. On the contrary, I think that we all live inside the same boat, on the same planet. And the Syrian war affects everybody now, the whole world. There are Syrian refugees everywhere now. But it looks like nobody cares about civilians in Syria. They are suffering. There are hundreds of victims - innocent women, children, and old men who are hurt or killed every day - and no one cares about them.

  Osama Alomar

  Hurt, Children, War

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• At the beginning of the Syrian conflict, I was optimistic. But now, I'm pessimistic, because it's so complicated. It's much worse than before. The whole world is fighting inside of Syria. It will take years and years to resolve.

  Osama Alomar

  Optimistic, Fighting, Pessimistic

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I think the President Donald Trump was quite clear in his statement that he made to the American people that Syria's continued violations of U.N. resolutions and previous agreements that Syria had entered into regarding the Chemical Weapons Accord would no longer be tolerated. I think we have stood by and watched multiple weapon - chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian regime under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad.

  Rex W. Tillerson

  Thinking, People, President

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I think continued actions by Bashar al-Assad clearly call into any question of him expecting to have any legitimacy to continue as the leader of Syria. With each of those actions, like attack with conventional weapons, barrel bombs and block humanitarian aid he really undermines his own legitimacy.

  Rex W. Tillerson

  Block, Thinking, Leader

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Our priority in Syria, really hasn't changed. I think the President Donald Trump has been quite clear. First and foremost, we must defeat ISIS.

  Rex W. Tillerson

  Thinking, Priorities, President

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• The military progress both in Syria and in Iraq has been remarkable since President Donald Trump's inauguration. We have continued to liberate areas. We are making tremendous progress in liberating Mosul in Iraq, working with coalition forces, we're moving to position to liberate Raqqa.

  Rex W. Tillerson

  Military, Moving, Progress

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• We were certainly worried about the deployment of chemical weapons across Syria by all parties, frankly, by the Islamic State as well. So it was a concern.

  Andrew Exum

  Party, Islamic, Deployment

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I hear somebody saying we should carpet bomb Iraq or Syria. Not only is that inhumane, not only is that contrary to our values, but that would likely be an extraordinary mechanism for ISIL to recruit more people willing to die and explode bombs in an airport.

  Donald Trump

  People, Carpet, Extraordinary

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I do not think I have the right to determine the political future of Syria, be it with or without al-Assad. This is for the Syrians themselves to decide. Nobody has the right to claim the rights that belong to the people of another country.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Thinking, People

  Source: en.kremlin.ru

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• What's going on in Syria is the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II. And we are punishing those who are suffering most in this circumstance, in this condition. We vet refugees from Syria for a period of 18 to 24 months before they're allowed to come to the United States. And, you know, if you will permit me, I think we know more about them by the time they get here than we know about the president's finances.

  Daniel Benjamin

  War, Thinking, Suffering

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• We're going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.

  Wesley Clark

  Country, Iraq, Iran

  "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.globalresearch.ca. March 2, 2007.

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• I have decided to proclaim for the whole Church... a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East, and throughout the world, and I also invite each person, including our fellow Christians, followers of other religions and all men of good will, to participate, in whatever way they can, in this initiative.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Prayer, Men

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• Fox opposes a Syria peace plan because its modus operandi is to foment dissent in the form of a relentless and irrational contrarianism to Barack Obama and all things Democratic, to advance its ultimate objective of creating a deliberately misinformed body politic whose fear, anger, mistrust, and discontent is the manna upon which it sustains its parasitic succubus-like existence.

  Jon Stewart

  Creating, Body, Foxes

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• The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon - there are more Muhammads than anything else.

  Muhammad Ali

  Country, Turkeys, Names

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. June 2001.

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