In an interview with Russia Today, the full version of which will be broadcast Friday, Syrian President Bashar Assad has spurned the call by British leaders to accept an offer of exile, saying he has no intention of leaving.
“I was not made by the West to go to the West or to any other country,” Assad said, adding “I am Syrian. I was made in Syria. I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.” British PM David Cameron said Assad would be given “safe passage” out of Syria if it meant an end to the civil war.
Assad also warned that Syria’s status as a secular state was vital for regional stability, cautioning that if the Islamist factions in the rebellion took over “it will have a domino effect that will affect the world from the Atlantic to the Pacific.”
He also sought to downplay the risk of NATO intervention in the war, saying that the “price of this invasion if it happened is going to be more than the whole world can afford.” Though Russia and China have blocked any resolutions supporting war in the UN Security Council, NATO is said to be mulling deployments of Patriot missiles along the border to impose a de facto no-fly zone.
Thanks for the 'editorializing' Ditz…can't wait to see the 'entire' interview on 'Russian State Media'–as I would guess you would term it–in English…without subtitles mind you…
I must admit that Ms. Shevardnadze did look hot; however, it didn't look as though she was in an underground bunker fearing for her life because the almighty "rebels" were 'closing in'….
Keep me up to speed on the 'developments' here Ditz…
http://youtu.be/Pt13OAYXhPU
Wish him luck.
This man and his family, unluck saudis and those otherwise arab maffia, neds to be supporter by Us and eu government not the other way around, that alone showes how brutal and fascists agendas the US and eu have for people whom are working for their people and their countires. Syria is an independet nation with a people government chosen by the majority of the Syriens, unluck otherwise arab and turkish government in the region Syrien government is not a puppet to the kingdome of England or the swedish new fascism government nor the king nor they will be in feuture time. In a long run, the brutal political agendas written by us state department engaging EU Neo Liberal Fasicm and their "Allied" in the region will be defeated by the people and for the people democratic for a functioning democracy uprising, not what these little or big religious and feudalist wants, thus far all the signs pointing that us and EU are losing their injustice and brutality battling the people's uprising.
Whatever one might think of Assad, he's not a coward. also saw Saddma Hussein and he didn't beg for his life. Neither did Qaddafi. Bush and Cheney, on the other hand, well… they quickly scurried to their holes when 9/11 took place.
hope he survives the assault by the imperialist west