الاسد لواشنطن: توقعوا كل شيء وستدفعون الثمن

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حذر الرئيس السوري بشار الاسد في مقابلة تلفزيونية الاثنين واشنطن من انها "ستدفع الثمن" في حال شنت ضربات عسكرية ضد بلاده، نافيا استخدامه اسلحة كيميائية ضد شعبه.

وقال الاسد في مقابلة مع قناة "سي بي اس" الاميركية: "ستدفعون الثمن اذا لم تتصرفوا بحكمة. وستترتب على (الضربة العسكرية) تبعات. ومن الصعب توقع ما سيحدث. فهي منطقة كل شيء فيها على حافة الانفجار. وعليكم توقع اي شيء".

واكد "عليكم ان تتوقعوا كل شيء، فالحكومة (السورية) ليست اللاعب الوحيد في المنطقة. توجد اطراف مختلفة، و فصائل مختلفة، وايديولوجيات مختلفة. ويوجد كل شيء في هذه المنطقة الان".

وردا على سؤال عن امكانية استخدام الاسلحة الكيميائية رفض الرئيس السوري استبعاد ذلك وقال "كل شيء ممكن. اذا كان يملكها المتمردون او ارهابيون في المنطقة او اي مجموعة اخرى فقد يحدث ذلك. لست منجما ولا استطيع ان اقول لكم ما سيحدث".

وتعليقا على ذلك قال المتحدث باسم مجلس الامن القومي التابع للبيت الابيض بن رودس ان "الجيش الاميركي اقوى بكثير بالتاكيد من جيش الاسد او جيوش حلفائه. سنبعث له رسالة شديدة الوضوح. بكل صراحة ليس له اي مصلحة في تصعيد هذا النزاع".

كما دعا الرئيس السوري اعضاء الكونغرس الاميركي، الذين سيصوتون قريبا على مشروع قرار يجيز ضرب سوريا - الى "مطالبة الادارة (الاميركية) بتقديم ما لديها من ادلة" على الهجوم الكيميائي في 21 اب.

وقال "يجب ان تتحلوا بالشفافية. العالم اجمع يشعر بخيبة امل من ادارة" الرئيس باراك اوباما، مؤكدا انها لا تملك "ادنى دليل" واضاف "كنا نأمل ان تكون مختلفة عن ادارة (الرئيس الاميركي السابق جورج) بوش". وتابع الرئيس السوري انه "في هذه القضية، لم يقدم (وزير الخارجية الاميركي جون) كيري اي دليل" مشيرا ايضا الى العناصر التي قدمها كولن باول وزير الخارجية الاسبق لاثبات وجود اسلحة دمار شامل في العراق قبل غزو هذا البلد عام 2003.

وقال "في المنطقة التي يقولون ان الحكومة استخدمت فيها اسلحة كيميائية، لا توجد سوى تسجيلات فيديو وصور وادعاءات. نحن لسنا هناك. قواتنا المسلحة، شرطتنا لا تعتقد ذلك". وتساءل "كيف يمكن لاحد الحديث عن شيء لم يره؟ حكومتنا لا تتحدث الا عندما تكون هناك ادلة".

وقال "لسنا مثل الادارة الاميركية. لسنا مثل الاعلام الاجتماعي او الحكومي. نحن حكومة تتعامل بالادلة".

واضاف "الروس لديهم ادلة مختلفة تماما، تشير الى ان الصواريخ اطلقت من مناطق يسيطر عليها المتمردون".

وقال الاسد "الكونغرس سيصوت خلال بضعة ايام، واعتقد ان الكونغرس منتخب من الشعب لتمثيله. على النواب ان يتساءلوا اذا: +ماذا تجلب الحروب لاميركا؟+ لا شيء". واضاف "انها حرب ضد مصلحة اميركا. لماذا؟ انها حرب ستؤدي الى دعم القاعدة والناس الذين قتلوا اميركيين في 11 ايلول" 2011.

التعليقات 55
Missing canadianadam 15:14 ,2013 أيلول 09

Well said!

Thumb _mowaten_ 15:23 ,2013 أيلول 09

benzona, calling people by animal names not only is abusive and disrespectful but brings no value to your comment.

(I wonder if naharnet's moderator will agree with me, knowing these were the very words of naharnet when i was "moderated" for using the word "pig")

Thumb benzona 15:40 ,2013 أيلول 09

ou la la, quelle gaminerie!

I wasn't talking about people. Why do you associate these lovely animals with people? Qui pense mal, agit mal!!!!

I was talking about the Zoo. ^^*

Thumb _mowaten_ 15:46 ,2013 أيلول 09

benzo: demander une application equitable des regles de moderation c'est une gaminerie?
vous avez tous eu l'air de trouver normal que je sois modéré pour avoir dit "pig", je vois pas pourquoi "giraff" ou "monkey" serait permis.

Thumb _mowaten_ 15:48 ,2013 أيلول 09

et pas la peine de faire de la mauvaise foi ici, tu ne fais que t'enfoncer. je connais peu de girafes et de singes "au zoo" qui envoient des gens se battre tout en restant dans leurs "luxurious places"

Thumb benzona 16:28 ,2013 أيلول 09

Waouw Mowaten. J'ai passe un bon moment en te lisant.

Tu admets implicitement que certains animaux de Zoo envoie des hommes mourir a leur place. Ton employeur sera heureux de l'apprendre ;-)

A bon entendeur... ;-)

Thumb Maxx 16:48 ,2013 أيلول 09

Flamer: The reason this war has been dragging for so long is the same reason why it took so long for Hizb to kick Israel out of South Lebanon: the opposition has nothing but small guns and will power to face off with tanks, planes, helicopters, and so forth.

Thumb Senescence 16:54 ,2013 أيلول 09

Maxx, well, I don't know how well informed you are regarding the matter, but rebels are well equipped have no doubt. They've looted tanks and are equipped to bring down warplanes and helicopters(many such incidents have occurred and I can link them if you want). Not even HA has that kind of thing(neither Lebanon I think).

Thumb _mowaten_ 17:22 ,2013 أيلول 09

benzona tu fais vraiment le clown la, c'est "mimi". je reprenais tes paroles pour souligner ta mauvaise foi.

Thumb benzona 21:15 ,2013 أيلول 09

Pour ne fois, oui, pour une fois que c'est moi qui fait le claoun. Ça te fait quoi d'intervertir les rôles? ^^* hehehe

Bonne soirée. J'ai fini journée. Je vais aller m'adresser à ton patron pour avoir ma paye. Hehehehe mdr.

Thumb _mowaten_ 15:23 ,2013 أيلول 09

like a cheap what? i think some moderation is required here.

Thumb benzona 15:38 ,2013 أيلول 09

qui parle ici, mdr!

Thumb _mowaten_ 15:41 ,2013 أيلول 09

c'est moi! ahahaha!

Thumb _mowaten_ 15:25 ,2013 أيلول 09

if you dont look, you wont see.
also, you can start by looking in France, where 68% of the people are against the war, and about the same percentage in the US, and then come back to discuss "democracy"

Thumb Machia 15:36 ,2013 أيلول 09

This murderer should not even be given airtime. The only reason he is given this privilege is for the good service his family rendered to Israel over the years.

Thumb _mowaten_ 15:41 ,2013 أيلول 09

yes, of course, this is why AIPAC is deploying 250 lobbyists to push for a war against him
http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/1.545661

Thumb Senescence 15:49 ,2013 أيلول 09

Machia, Israel's all in, so long as it isn't involved directly. Israel can benefit greatly by replacing Al-Assad with someone less sympathetic to the ever growing danger of Iran against Israeli interests:

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/09/20139414329291833.html
http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-organizations-in-us-support-syria-strike/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/03/us-syria-crisis-dUSBRE97K0EL20130903
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/09/why-israel-supports-the-syria-strike/279428/
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/white-house-congress-syria-protect-israel-96133_Page2.html

Thumb Senescence 15:49 ,2013 أيلول 09

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/aipac-syria-_n_3862369.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

""It is imperative to adopt the resolution to authorize the use of force," the powerful Israel lobby said in a statement. It urged members of Congress to "take a firm stand that the world’s most dangerous regimes cannot obtain and use the most dangerous weapons." "

AIPAC calls for the use of force:http://www.capwiz.com/aipac/issues/alert/?alertid=62906416&type=CO

http://www.aipac.org/en/news-hub?id={3D36D091-5FD8-48EA-837A-9DE611A29922}#
"AIPAC will be lobbying in favor of Congress authorizing the President to use military force in Syria."

" We believe that Congress’ failure to grant the President this authority would be interpreted as a sign of American weakness, and cast doubt about whether America will act to carry out its commitments in the Middle East – including the President’s and Congress’ pledge to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons."

Thumb shab 15:40 ,2013 أيلول 09

Yes popcorn is ready. Start the show

Thumb benzona 15:49 ,2013 أيلول 09

shab, pop corn is for tuesday night, walaw!? ;-)

Thumb benzona 15:53 ,2013 أيلول 09

we love shab.

Thumb benzona 16:25 ,2013 أيلول 09

yaret southern. Shab is mr partition please. I'm anything but partition!

Thumb Maxx 16:42 ,2013 أيلول 09

Ditto. Partition what? These 10,452 km²? Shu dal to partition? Are we gonna be competing with the Vatican for having the smallest statelets? Or with Yugoslavia for the most humiliating partitioning?

Thumb shab 17:58 ,2013 أيلول 09

Sorry to disappoint you all. I don't have other accounts and I never go into personal discussions. I'm not for partion and only against those whom have Lebanese blood on their hands. The list is long.

Thumb benzona 18:30 ,2013 أيلول 09

Forgive me shab, I mistook you for someone else.

Thumb _mowaten_ 19:24 ,2013 أيلول 09

yes shab the list is long, and yet you only target one side, while forgetting many others who have much more lebanese blood on their hands

Thumb _mowaten_ 17:58 ,2013 أيلول 09

benzo: tu veux avoir ses enfants? c'est mimi

Thumb bigsami 15:42 ,2013 أيلول 09

Yeah sure expect everything. Famous LOUD barks before the end is near. Everything....does that include Asma? When does the bidding start? lol Your going down dude and so are you scumballah!

Thumb Machia 15:46 ,2013 أيلول 09

Aipac Shmaipac...it is all smoke and mirrors...Israel wants Assad. They just want him to be more compliant.

Thumb benzona 15:53 ,2013 أيلول 09

Everyone:

Expect the two freed Italian pro syrian regime mouthpieces to unveil that the terror attacks were perpetrated by the FSA.

I'm talking about Domenico Quirico and Pierre Piccini.... it'll be tomorrows Stampa headlines. (how fortunate they were released a few hours before the launching of the Tomahawks).

Thumb Machia 15:58 ,2013 أيلول 09

Israel and the US want to make Assad compliant in the following way:
- giving up his chemical weapons
- restraining Hezbollah a little more
- Stop playing a dirty game in Iraq
- moderate his relations with Teheran

Thumb Maxx 16:35 ,2013 أيلول 09

And a few thousand less deaths per month wouldn't be too bad.

Thumb Machia 15:59 ,2013 أيلول 09

Moreover, the greater prize is the following:
- Iran to be Nuclear compliant
- Less aggressive in the Gulf

Thumb Senescence 16:27 ,2013 أيلول 09

How about:
-Replace Al-Assad with another puppet less sympathetic to Iran
-Make Iran more afraid of the power of the US in that it delivers on what it says (e.g. preemptive strike)
-Appease the majority of the middle east (e.g. Sunnis)
-Polish the US image in the ME ((see previous point)elsewhere doesn't matter much)

All you've said can be achieved by replacing Al-Assad with someone more sympathetic to the West than to Israel.

Thumb Senescence 16:32 ,2013 أيلول 09

Than to Iran I mean.

Thumb Chupachups 16:09 ,2013 أيلول 09

..... Annnnnddd in other news, Lebanese getting overexcited about the strike!

Thumb Maxx 16:33 ,2013 أيلول 09

Baschar: "Expect everything if U.S. attacks Syria."
U.S. attacks Syria. Baschar: "Take that!" ... and gasses another few thousand of his people.

Thumb Machia 16:35 ,2013 أيلول 09

endless,

I agree but Assad is still useful. He still has a strong hold over the military and is killing takfiris from all over the world by the thousands. This is why the civil war could last a few more years with Assad remaining in power.

Thumb Senescence 16:43 ,2013 أيلول 09

Machia, agreed on all counts. I'm worried about Lebanese developments being affected by it is all, like the postponing of parliamentary elections so they know the fate of Syria to act accordingly. We shouldn't care all that much as to trample the constitution. Al-Assad is weakened and its influence too. We should be complacent in doing our very best to develop and restructure Lebanon so that when things are over in Syria no matter how, we'd be standing should to shoulder instead of kneeling in obeisance. Politicians are just too brain-dead and treasonous to figure it out.

Thumb Maxx 16:38 ,2013 أيلول 09

Absolutely indeed! And who would dare say that Der General is a two-timing snake in the grass who got himself out of exile and back to Lebanon only to bite the hand that led him back there? Who would dare say that Der General forgot about all his followers whose fate remains unknown, spread out between Baschar's prisons and the graves? For has Der General not himself declared 13th of October as his "divine victory" during last year's anniversary?

Missing peace 16:39 ,2013 أيلول 09

lol... like we are still waiting for retaliation for the israeli bombings.... 3aw 3aw...

Thumb Machia 16:39 ,2013 أيلول 09

And the Syrian civil war has sucked in Hezbollah. What better outcome for Israel.
If Russia really cared about Syria they would get rid of the Assads, bring in a new face and get rid of the chemical arsenal.
But I guess the agenda is beyond that goal...

Default-user-icon Hit hard (ضيف) 16:41 ,2013 أيلول 09

Hit him hard OBAMA...Assad family's messed up Lebanon for a long time...I wish as well USA to hit hard the south of Lebanon and all those people who hit themselves with chains and swords ...will disappear ....disgusting...the way the look...maybe they shower once a year....no shaving...why spices like chi3a exist...they smell really bad...HELLO Antiperspirant exist....use it....for god sake...

Thumb dust 16:44 ,2013 أيلول 09

To be or not to be.

Thumb dasphinx 16:46 ,2013 أيلول 09

I am sure Nasser Kandil agrees. Other than that, us modest people just think that he will reserve the right to retaliate in the time and place of his choosing.

Thumb Machia 17:00 ,2013 أيلول 09

endless, you are totally right! Lebanese politicians are too keen to please their payroll masters.
The right thing to do is contain the internal situation by forming a government asap. Prevent a civil war. The problem is how do we contain one of the main reasons of lack of security and very weak economy in Lebanon: Hezbollah's involvement in Syria. This has direct security repercussions on Lebanon.
The policy of non-interference that Mikati's government promoted and that all parties, including Hezbollah and the Future movement (that was helping supply weapons to the rebels), agreed upon was the right one.
And it is the only way to protect our country.

Thumb Senescence 17:10 ,2013 أيلول 09

Machia, I don't know what else I can add to this discussion; agreed.

This is what I hate about discussing politics though, you can come to conclusions and very reasonable solutions by discussing this but at the end of the day, we don't matter(until elections day that is, in which the apish masses outnumber those of us who see politicians for who, rather what, they really are).

Thumb bustany 17:14 ,2013 أيلول 09

I believe this "promised strike" is to eliminate more Christians out of the ME. I urge the Sunnis and Shiaa population and politician to understand the intention of the Israel-USA strike against Syria. Think about it and do the right thing. The intention of the USA-Israel no matter how sugar coated it is, carries only destruction and miseries to the Arabic people. Say NO to strike on Syria

Thumb bustany 17:17 ,2013 أيلول 09

They do not demonstrate against the strike because the peace-loving suicide bombers are waiting for such oppertunity

Thumb Machia 17:25 ,2013 أيلول 09

That is the really sad part. Most "reasonable", (by "resonable" I mean people who can use their reason without the poluting aspects of religion and money), people would come to the same conclusion.
I am sure we are not a minority but we do not have weapons nor much money. But we need to somehow find a way to have more influence on the direction of our country. Ideas?

Thumb benzona 18:33 ,2013 أيلول 09

Hahahahaha

Le tiercé gagnant.

Chou Asma? Asma Thomas Hawk.

Default-user-icon Truth (ضيف) 19:24 ,2013 أيلول 09

Thug son of a thug ! Murderer son of a murderer ! Thief son of a thief ! Obama hit him hard !
His barking is stronger than his bite !

Thumb general_puppet 20:23 ,2013 أيلول 09

Assad barking and the Assad loving stooges posting on his behalf... just another day in the Lebanon.

Thumb benzona 21:05 ,2013 أيلول 09

He must be *southern*

Missing helicopter 23:10 ,2013 أيلول 09

For the sake of Lebanon I hope the Assad regime will fall. Also for the sake of Lebanon I hope secular rebels will lea Syria to a better future (not the takfiris).