“Things are not as black and white as most people want to believe to justify their positions. Has al-Assad done horrible things? Yes. But we, as a foreign government, removing him from power and imposing our beliefs and attempting to forcing them to adopt certain morals will not be effective. It has never been effective. People must be ready, not some, but all. Islamic countries have not shown that as a people that they are ready. They must root out the extremism within their ranks, it cannot be done by a foreign interest because it only unites them.”