Washington has succumbed to another diplomatic mirage: the Russian promise of a limited pause in the intensifying war in Syria.
Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that they had agreed to an arrangement to “accelerate and expand” deliveries of humanitarian aid to starving civilians in besieged areas, to be followed by a partial “cessation of hostilities” within a week.
The agreement falls far short of an actual ceasefire, in part because it does not include the main belligerents: the Syrian regime and opposition forces.
The cosmetic arrangement gives the illusion of “doing something” to ease the mounting …read more
Source: The Daily Signal
