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I know a lot of you guys are from the States, so I was curious about your opinions on the war in Syria. The issue was raised during an interview with Nole, and uncharacteristic for a sportsperson he actually has quite strong views on it (obviously because he was bombed by the US himself).
This is a part of the interview:
I agree with this, also mainly because I do not see the advantages of shelling Syria. Assad will probably use human shields and then say the US is targeting civilians. Better to provide for as much humanitarian relief for the people in need as possible. The irony of the whole situation is that this time there is actually use of chemical weapons (Iraq there wasn't) and that the war in Iraq gave Al-Qaida a base (Iraq, before the fall of the Hussein regime there was none since Saddam did not like jihadists) from which to enter Syria.
This is a part of the interview:
Q. If I could, when you do see in the headlines possible air strikes and so forth, are you cautionary about that? Do you say, Oh, no? Any thoughts of what's going on now?
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: I'm totally against any kind of weapon, any kind of air strike, missile attack. I'm totally against anything that is destructive. Because I had this personal experience, I know it cannot bring any good to anybody.
I agree with this, also mainly because I do not see the advantages of shelling Syria. Assad will probably use human shields and then say the US is targeting civilians. Better to provide for as much humanitarian relief for the people in need as possible. The irony of the whole situation is that this time there is actually use of chemical weapons (Iraq there wasn't) and that the war in Iraq gave Al-Qaida a base (Iraq, before the fall of the Hussein regime there was none since Saddam did not like jihadists) from which to enter Syria.