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"So let's work together on really pushing what more we can do, what other steps we can take to hasten the end of this regime."
He wants more aggressive options on the table. Expect direct Western intervention if what he has in mind fails. With US elections concluded, it's more likely. It could happen early next year or sooner.
On November 8, Russia Today interviewed Assad. He'll not leave Syria, he stressed. He'll live or die there. He was frank and clear, saying:
"We are the last stronghold of secularism and stability in the region and coexistence, let's say, it will have a domino effect that will affect the world from the Atlantic to the Pacific and you know the implication on the rest of the world.""I am not a puppet. I was not made by the West to go to the West or to any other country," he said. "I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria."
He doesn't expect direct Western intervention, but isn't sure what's next. He calls "the price of (possible foreign) invasion".more than the whole world can afford."
"My enemy is terrorism and instability in Syria."
"The West creates enemies. In the past, it was the communism then it became Islam, and then it became Saddam Hussein for a different reason. Now, they want to create a new enemy represented by Bashar."
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