As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
From Bashar al-Assad
No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
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.
It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
Armies are not only for offensives.
America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
We, in Syria, our point of view stems from our experience.
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.
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