Why Can't We Sort Out Syria?
5 Reasons We Can't Sort Out Syria
This week’s G8 summit in Northern Ireland saw the world’s most powerful economic nations discuss a plan for action on Syria. And essentially conclude nothing, beyond the fact that they would support a transnational government in the country. This was a repeat of what was sorted out at the 2012 Geneva Convention, which "stipulated the formation of a transitional government composed of members of Bashar al-Assad's government and opposition figures in order to sort out the necessary arrangements for free elections."
By any measure, things are far worse now than they were this time last year: we’re now into the realm of apparent chemical warfare, an opposition heavily supplemented with jihadists, escalating war crimes and atrocities on both sides 1.5 million refugees having fled the country, and at least 80,000 dead. And yet the world’s most powerful countries could agree on nothing more substantial than a reiteration of last year’s statement. As Loay al-Mikdad, spokesman for the Free Syrian Army said, "We expected a more solid statement, a more decisive one."
So why can’t action be decided on and Syria sorted out. Who’s responsible?