Bashar al-Assad Quotes

No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?

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• The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.

  

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• No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?

  

  Bashar al-Assad
  • Country
  • Power
  • Small