6 Days War: Crucial quotes, retrieved: 2010-6-28
• Arab Threats Against Israel, retrieved: 2010-6-28
• Arab Threats Against Israel, retrieved: 2010-6-28
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Our forces are now entirely ready not only to repulse the aggression, but to initiate the act of liberation itself, and to explode the Zionist presence in the Arab homeland. The Syrian army, with its finger on the trigger, is united....I, as a military man, believe that the time has come to enter into a battle of annihilation.
— Hafez al-Assad
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Our forces are now entirely ready not only to repulse the aggression, but to initiate the act of liberation itself, and to explode the Zionist presence in the Arab homeland. The Syrian army, with its finger on the trigger, is united....I, as a military man, believe that the time has come to enter into a battle of annihilation." in the context of "6 Days War: Crucial quotes, retrieved: 2010-6-28
• Arab Threats Against Israel, retrieved: 2010-6-28" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian politician and military officer who served as President of Syria from 1971 to 2000. He was also Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to 1971, as well as regional secretary of the regional command of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and secretary general of the National Command of the Ba'ath Party from 1970 to 2000. He was succeeded by his son Bashar al-Assad, who was deposed in late 2024.
About Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian politician and military officer who served as President of Syria from 1971 to 2000. He was also Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to 1971, as well as regional secretary of the regional command of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and secretary general of the National Command of the Ba'ath Party from 1970 to 2000. He was succeeded by his son Bashar al-Assad, who was deposed in late 2024.
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