Does This Give Syria A Chance Of Peace?

[ichkeria]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35138011

[Khandro]

Clowns like Banki Moon haven't the slightest idea of the reality of the situation.
It isn't possible to make a peace-plan with jihadists.

[sandyRoe]

Is Assad going to go quietly?

[vetuste_ennemi]

Has the removal of Sadam Hussein, Mubarak and Gaddafi given us cause for hope?
Wishful thinking and moral narcissism (like parsnips) butter no parsnips.

[vetuste_ennemi]

Like fair words. Get a grip, that man!

[Khandro]

^ I told you not to open that second bottle!

[vetuste_ennemi]

I just don't listen, Khandro. And it's only 11.30 here. Watching the recording of the 10 o'clock news reporting the vacuous nonsense which which passes as critical analysis.

[Khandro]

People like Kerry fit perfectly Groucho Marx's description of politicians; They look for trouble, find it everywhere, diagnose it incorrectly, and apply the wrong remedies.

[vetuste_ennemi]

X is an odious dictator. Removing X will therefore improve the condition of his oppressed subjects, reduce the likeliness of conflict in the local region and make the w orld at large a better and safer place.
What school of logic have the moral posturers attended?

[ichkeria]

A few points are worth making with reference to the above comments

Firstly, it's not the work of Ban Ki Moon
Second, of course Assad is not going to go quietly, and no one is asking him to - yet.
This is a key change from before, and presumably why the Russians were so seemingly enthusiastic about it. They've vetoed all previous SC resolutions on Syria with the exception of the one on ISIS.

What Syria's people desperately need is a ceasefire in the Civil War, which most people here seem to be in denial about, and which has been raging with and without the input of various "jihadist" groups
The framework is an attempt to get the main sides in it to stop - at least bombing the **** out of civilians, while allowing for continued action against sides deemed too extreme to be involved.
It does seem all a mite optimistic, but it is progress. There will only be a ceasefire if it is in the interests of the major players to stop fighting, so maybe there is now hope that that WILL happen. It can't be any more ridiculous than the Minsk agreement, which nevertheless has worked for now in Ukraine because regardless of the actual terms, it gave each side the excuse they were looking for to stop the conflict, or at least drastically reduce it.

"Watching the recording of the 10 o'clock news reporting the vacuous nonsense which which passes as critical analysis. "
My God has Answerbank got on the news (!)

[New Judge]

No.

Nothing much the UN has overseen in recent years has been a success and this will be no different. The UN is an expensive, outdated, redundant talking shop and should be abolished.

Having said that nothing much that anybody does to solve the problem in Syria will be a success.

[naomi24]

Idealistically perhaps. Realistically, no.