In a new interview with Paris Match, Syrian President Bashar Assad echoed US sentiment on the war against ISIS, saying he believes it will be a “long and difficult” war. Similarly to the US, however, he predicted eventual victory.
“The Syrian Army doesn’t have a presence everywhere, and it’s impossible for it to be everywhere,” Assad conceded, saying that so long as ISIS wasn’t able to secure the support of locals, they will eventually be able to retake territory.
Assad went on to downplay the US involvement in the war inside Syria, saying the US airstrikes made no real difference in the conflict and weren’t going to change the ultimate result.
He rejected the idea that his ouster would stabilize the situation in Syria, comparing the situation to the post-Gaddafi era in Libya, and insisting he would never agree to be ousted because of the chaos.
Middle-East — Most enslaved people on earth
The goal being for the Western powers to plunder Middle-East oil for a fraction of its true value, essential is it for all those dictators to do their fair share. For be he the dictator of Saudi Arabia or Syria, each must keep his population in submission to authority. For just imagine what would have happened if the Egyptian Revolution would have been a success, surely a can of worms that would have spread like wildfire throughout the Middle-East.
Having learned nothing from their experience in Lebanon in the '80s, Afghanistan in the '80s & '90s, Iraq in the '00s & '10s, or Libya, the foreign policy elites of the West continiue with the old neo-colonial goal of "Lebanonizing" Syria (it was such a success in Iraq, after all), but instead they have yet again messed-up royally to create a Talibanistan in what has always been the most diverse and most progressive Arab country.
Samantha Power had better start laying plans to save Damascus if she wants at least one gold star on her report card.