Reply #88: I know which language it is. [View All]

[Behind the Aegis]

It seems you have no point whatsoever.

See this:

""We are here in Damascus to call for peace," Chavez told Syrian state television on Tuesday night. "These two countries are strongly united against the imperialistic aggression and hegemonic pretensions of the US empire.""

I am guessing that statement was in Spanish, and translated into Arabic. Thus, when the writer refereed back to that statement, s/he correctly quoted the exact translation of the word used by Chavez. By using the quotes, the author makes it clear that is the statement by Chavez and not the author's choice. unless you are the author, you cannot do anything but speculate what word he would or wouldn't have used in place of the DIRECT quoted word from Chavez!