Like a coin inserted into a broken candy machine, the most recent attempt by the United States to broker a ceasefire with the Russians in Syria has vanished with nothing to show for it. Instead, in a calculated gesture of contempt, Russian and Syrian government forces annihilated a humanitarian convoy before beginning an unprecedented round-the-clock aerial bombardment of rebel-held Aleppo.While this latest round of violence seems to have spelled the definitive end of peace talks, the long and fruitless effort to hold them raises the question of why the Obama administration thought Russia was interested in a negotiated solution in …read more
Source: Atlantic Council