Most Americans hate the ground that Basir al-Assad walks on….he is the devil incarnate……I spend a lot of time studying and researching the Middle East so anything he does or says is of interest to me…..so when I saw that NBC had secured an interview with him I had to watch it to see if I could learn anything useful….
I was truly surprised at the interview…the NBC dude asked some pretty direct question….most of which were pointed trying to get a rise out of Assad…..all in all he handled himself well….he stayed composed and level head during the whole interview and he answered all questions….at times he tried to be cryptic but he gave answers to them all….
When asked about the US battle with ISIS he said……
Speaking in an interview with NBC, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad slammed US involvement in his nation’s war against ISIS, insisting it is “counterproductive and ineffective,” as well as illegal since it is done without permission from or coordination with the Syrian government.
Assad went on to say he didn’t believe the US was serious about defeating ISIS, insisting that terror factions only started suffering real losses when Russia became involved, and that they’d been growing steadily before, when the US coalition was the only international force involved.
“We wanted to defeat the terrorists, while the United States wanted to manage those groups in order to topple the government in Syria,” Assad noted, insisting he is confident that the terror groups will be defeated outright in just a matter of months.
I will have to say that I agree with him on his observation……the US is not really serious about our fight with ISIS…..our arms drops go to the terrorists…..we cannot train more than a few moderate fighters at a time…..
It looks like it is just a funnel for the M-IC…..the more we fight in Syria the more money the defense industry makes…..
The more we try to fight ISIS the more money we have to spend….a win-win for the M-IC…..plus the rhetoric makes for good politics back home in the USA….
Assad made some good points and I can see where he was coming from on most of them…..but if my reader would like to know more about this interview then I have a link to a transcript…..
Source: President al-Assad’s interview with NBC News – Syrian Arab News Agency
There is something to be said for Assad’s comments….but he is perceived as a bad guy so take that with a grain of salt.
Just watched it last nite…
Will this change anything?
Morning chuq…
good post
No it will not…but he handled himself well and not at all like we are told he behaves…morning….
ps…u doing anything on Baton R ?
I saw a private video…
Nope…I leave those types of reports for others…
Yup….plenty around…white trucks and all…
when I write about this stuff it gets off track every time so I let others deal with the detours…
That is where the dubious comes in handy…….I ain’t got the patience no more….as my dad used to say.’it is like kicking shit up the hill’
;(
my grandfather said…”when you teach a pig to sing to first waste your time and second piss off the pig”…
Hahaha…..2nd laugh of the day..the 1st woz ~dru~ over a bottle of single malt….she tripped and lost the contents….hahaha
It’s all good for the economy! Let’s not kill the golden goose while trying to do the right thing here.
He was interesting….showed NO intimidation when asked questions that should have pissed him off….
That previous President of Iraq had the same kind of personality.
Yeah and AQ was only a thought….he may have been a prick but the “terrorists” were afraid of their own shadows
I found the “Prick” to be entertaining … especially when he was confronting some of the delusional Western leaders on some of their misconceptions.
Still waiting to see if you read the post on Blogger….
ALL the American stated BAD GUYS have one thing in common: DISDAIN for the United States
The States create problems where none exist (or are moderate) in order to fuel their war economies for decades.
BIG BUSINESS this thing called WAR!
Money, Money…to quote a wise person….