Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
says the West is "dishonest" and pursues policies far removed from the "principles" of international law and the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
"The most important lesson we have learned, but I suppose we knew it all along, is that the West is not honest...It is impossible to rely upon the West to solve any issue," President Assad said in an interview with Sputnik published on Sunday.
He added that countries should be able to choose "friendly states" which will "stand by them" during times of crisis such as the one that has left over 470,000 Syrians dead and 1.9 million more injured since 2011.
Assad went on to wish that no other country be forced to endure what his homeland is going through.