Cool, calm and collected gentleman. Not your typical angry, foaming at the mouth, table banging, mentally unstable Arab leader. President of a secular Arab country that actually respects freedom of religion. Graduated as a doctor, then attended postgraduate studies in London. Speaks fluent English and basic conversational French. His wife Asma Al Assad is a British citizen of Syrian origin. Didn’t even want to be president of Syria, he had zero interest in politics and military matters. He became heir apparent only when his elder brother Bassel died in a car crash in 1994.
From the above paragraph, you’d expect him to be the kind of Arab leader who’d get along very well with the west, but you’d be mistaken kid. Western media doesn’t like playing videos of Assad because he’s nothing like the demon they paint him to be. I’m very sure majority of Americans don’t even know what he looks like. You see, to the west, so long as you have copious quantities of oil, and allow their corporations to exploit that oil, then you can get away with anything. You can sponsor terrorists to the tune of billions of dollars, spread your toxic Wahhabism all over the world, behead people for the slightest infractions, curtail all manner of freedoms…and get away with it. Saudi Arabia in late 2017 announced that starting June 2018, it would allow women to start driving vehicles. And Saudi women are supposed to applaud and thank their government for taking that “revolutionary step in the advancement of human rights”. Hahahaha!!!
The moral of the story is, you should think for yourself, instead of just sitting there and waiting for CNN, BBC, FOX et al to do it for you. Listen to what they say, but dig deeper for the truth. The end.
I can’t believe how patient and composed he is with these stupid “journalists” and their idiotic questions. And he’s answering them without hesitating, or reading a script, or a teleprompter. No “handlers” to instruct him on how or whether he should answer the questions. He’s always consistent with his replies. They keep trooping to Damascus to ask their silly questions, and every time he schools them. Of course they will never show these interviews on mainstream western media.
Bashar Al-Assad ni mwanaume. I give him maximum respect as a man.
Imagine surviving a full scale invasion of your country by foreign jihadis funded by US, UK, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia. These crazies were being given military training in Jordan and safe passage by Turkey to wage warfare in Syria. They were using the tactics of “barbarism”.
These assholes thought they would do a Ghaddafi style regime change in Syria. The purpose of the sabotage was because Assad refused the global mafia access to his territory to build gas pipelines from Qatar to Europe. This was part of a strategy to bring Russia to its knees. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-24/oil-gas-war-over-syria-4-maps
His face betrays him. Not likeable. His eyes are those evil piercing ones. If he were African we would brand him a witch.
American have to blame someone for the mess in the middle East.
Bashar Al Assad is my Ninja. He always made sure that Christians, Shias and Sunnis lived in harmony. Until the Saudis started inciting the Sunni. You know the Saudis are so uncouth, they are the kind of guys who will invite your prime minister, then kidnap him once he lands (Read Hariri, Lebanon). Bashar knows his friends well. The Revolutionary guard, Hizbullah and Russia have been with him to the hilt. I believe he is the best strategist to come out of the middle east lately. There are better ways of fighting for human rights besides blowing up whole cities to the ground, spoiling everything for everyone. Were it not for the dirty west, anyone who felt aggrieved would be meeting Bashar, discussing their grievances and going home to sleep with peace, wake up for the next day. But the West just want another Libya, Iraq or Afghanistan for Syria. Nothing more. They thrive on chaos and disunity. This is all for just a bloody pipeline and some world monetary issues. Not human rights. If it were an issue of Human rights, Saudi Arabia wouldn’t be on America’s list of Top allies.
BTW what is your opinion on the U.S strike…Do u think Russia and Syria are all talks but no action…remember no counterattacks have been conducted by the duo
what of the military trucks that docked Aboard a ship the other. Sio za kutransport makaa.A major offensive is in the offing. Plus we all know Who Controls syrian airspace and its not al’amrikia
The strikes were not as severe as Trump had predicted. If Syria really did shoot down 71 out of 103 missiles, using soviet era air defense systems, then it shows their defensive capabilities have been thoroughly upgraded. Compare their defiant stance with the first time Obama threatened airstrikes, the Syrians (and Russians) were more subdued and sought talks to de-escalate the situation. They knew at the time they were not ready to deter a major strike. That they can even threaten to hit back shows a new level of confidence (brazenness?).
Anyway, to answer your question, the threats to counter attack were more of the usual sabre rattling. The “moderate rebels” supported by the west are the ones who are going to bear the consequences in the coming days. This war would have been long over if the west didn’t keep propping up Islamist terrorists.
It’s becoming harder for Israel to conduct their raids, the days when they just entered Syrian airspace willy nilly are gone. Remember in February 2018 Syrian air defense shot down one of their F-16s, something that was unheard of before. The recent attack you’re referring to was conducted from Lebanese airspace, and even then Syria managed to shoot down 5 of the 8 missiles, again using soviet era air defense systems. So if Russia officially provides Syria with the more advanced s-300 and s-400 systems, then the jewish state is going to have a very hard time.
When was the last Hizbulla shipment hit? And in the Ground Russia still is Whooping rebels behinds real bad. Remember the situation when Turkey Shot a Russian Su24 Fencer? Russia went on a Bombing rampage on Turkeys assets ,It was unbearable… they had to negotiate. Not Mentioning that Russia’s Su30s were repeatedly entering into Turkey airspace and Erdogan’s men couldn’t do a thing.