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

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.

The most important part of [Russian] support is the aerial support, which is very essential, they have very strong firepower, and at the same time they are the main supply of our army for more than sixty years, so our army depends on the Russian support in different military domains.

Using terrorism or jihadists or extremists for any political agenda is immoral.

Talking about winning and losing is like if you're talking about two armies fighting on two territories, which is not the case. Those [terrorists] are gangs, coming from abroad, infiltrate inhabited areas, kill the people, take their houses, and shoot at the army. The army cannot do the same, and the army doesn't exist everywhere.

According to what we've been seeing recently in the area where the terrorists control, where they ban people from going to schools, ban young men from shaving their beards, and women have to be covered from head to toe, and let's say in brief they live the Taliban style in Afghanistan, completely the same style.

This is reality. If [the American officials] want to believe, that's good, that will help them understand the region and be more successful in their policies.