paulitician
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We should prepare for awful Blowback in the coming years. Our support for 'Rebels' in Egypt, Libya, and Syria is going to haunt us.
A REDRAWING OF THE MAP: SYRIAS ASSAD DELIVERS CHILLING WARNING TO EUROPE & THE WORLD
BEIRUT (TheBlaze/AP) Syrias president warned that Europe will pay a price if it delivers weapons to the rebels fighting him, saying in an interview published Monday that arming them would backfire as the terrorists return to their countries with extremist ideologies.
Assad further warned that as the conflict spills into neighboring countries, blurring borders, it will set off a domino effect.
Nobody can imagine how the region would look like in case of a redrawing of the map. That will be a map for uncounted wars in the Middle East and possibly elsewhere, that nobody can stop, he said.
Assads comments were his first since last weeks decision by President Barack Obama to authorize weapons and ammunition shipments to Syrian rebels, after confirming that Assads regime used chemical weapons against them.
The European Union has also allowed a weapons embargo against Syria to expire, allowing members of the 27-nation bloc to arm the rebels. France and Britain are moving in that direction, but the German government opposes such a move.
Assads interview with the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Runschau appeared aimed at reinforcing German skepticism.
If the Europeans ship weapons, Europes backyard becomes a terrorists place, and Europe will pay a price for it, Assad threatened in Arabic comments translated into German.
Chaos in Syria would result in the direct export of terrorism to Europe, he warned. Terrorists will return to Europe with fighting experience and extremist ideologies.
Assad also insisted that European efforts to distinguish between good and bad rebels when it comes to shipping weapons is like trying to [differentiate] between `good and `bad Taliban a few years ago, or a `good and `bad al-Qaida.
The interview was conducted in a government building in Damascus last week. Following the U.S. decision on Friday, the president answered a few more questions via email Sunday, the newspaper said...
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?A Redrawing of the Map?: Syria?s Assad Delivers Chilling Warning to Europe & the World | TheBlaze.com
A REDRAWING OF THE MAP: SYRIAS ASSAD DELIVERS CHILLING WARNING TO EUROPE & THE WORLD
BEIRUT (TheBlaze/AP) Syrias president warned that Europe will pay a price if it delivers weapons to the rebels fighting him, saying in an interview published Monday that arming them would backfire as the terrorists return to their countries with extremist ideologies.
Assad further warned that as the conflict spills into neighboring countries, blurring borders, it will set off a domino effect.
Nobody can imagine how the region would look like in case of a redrawing of the map. That will be a map for uncounted wars in the Middle East and possibly elsewhere, that nobody can stop, he said.
Assads comments were his first since last weeks decision by President Barack Obama to authorize weapons and ammunition shipments to Syrian rebels, after confirming that Assads regime used chemical weapons against them.
The European Union has also allowed a weapons embargo against Syria to expire, allowing members of the 27-nation bloc to arm the rebels. France and Britain are moving in that direction, but the German government opposes such a move.
Assads interview with the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Runschau appeared aimed at reinforcing German skepticism.
If the Europeans ship weapons, Europes backyard becomes a terrorists place, and Europe will pay a price for it, Assad threatened in Arabic comments translated into German.
Chaos in Syria would result in the direct export of terrorism to Europe, he warned. Terrorists will return to Europe with fighting experience and extremist ideologies.
Assad also insisted that European efforts to distinguish between good and bad rebels when it comes to shipping weapons is like trying to [differentiate] between `good and `bad Taliban a few years ago, or a `good and `bad al-Qaida.
The interview was conducted in a government building in Damascus last week. Following the U.S. decision on Friday, the president answered a few more questions via email Sunday, the newspaper said...
Read More:
?A Redrawing of the Map?: Syria?s Assad Delivers Chilling Warning to Europe & the World | TheBlaze.com
