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Published · transcript-backedKareem Abdul-Jabbar: observation
2 Feb 2016 Conversations with Tyler Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Fighting Bruce Lee, Growing Up in Harlem, and Basketball (Live at Mason)
“The Assad family, they’re not going to give up power. The only way that they will be removed from power is through military means.”
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- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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- 2 Feb 2016
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Are you a long-term optimist about this situation? As a young man, I was very optimistic about it. I’m not that optimistic about it now. It seems to be entrenched. Look at what’s happening in Syria. The Assad family, they’re not going to give up power. The only way that they will be removed from power is through military means. That’s not the way things are supposed to be going. Put aside the Middle East. Obviously huge problems. Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Nigeria, for that matter, have a pretty big share of the world’s Muslims. They have their share of problems but they don’t have those problems, right?…
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