So what should they do and how?

Simple solution @Aiden. Stop the Americans supplying arms and ammunition to the “rebels” and let Syria sort out it’s own problems without Western interference and agitation.

@Hugh
Unfortunately the regime has a history of trying to sort out its ‘problems’ by brutally repressing any opposion and gunning down peaceful unarmed protesters.

That’s not to defend what’s happening in Syria now, which could lead to years of suffering on all sides.

PS. if you have solid evidence that the yanks are providing arms and ammunition can you please post it – at the moment as far as I’m aware there’s been lots of speculation but nobody has been able to come up with any evidence to date.

The UN could be something to end the conflict if Russia and China allowed it to, but as it is, all the UN can do is provide humanitarian aid to refugees.

@mattoid, a bit sensitive are we. I shall rephrase in order that you do not have my post deleted again. So much for free speech, but hey, it is the western media we are dealing with here.

Yes, I have solid evidence that the yanks are providing not only arms and ammunition, but also finance and military support and training in order to overthrow the Syrian government.

It’s called history!

@Hugh
First of all, I had nothing to do with “getting your comment deleted” so you can drop that bull***t. If you think the western media is repressing your free speech you can take it up with the Journal, but don’t forget to put on your tinfoil hat first.

I did, however, get email notification of your comment so I got to read it. You seem to have an incredibly simplified view of Syria.

“where did the rebels get their weapons if not from the US?” Well you could start with Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, who have all said they’re arming the rebels.
Is this being done with tacit US approval? Probably, yes, but that’s far from being the same thing as providing arms themselves. They have admitted to providing intelligence but denied providing arms, and so far no evidence has emerged to disprove this (to most normal people your assertion that the US have armed people in the past, which is evidence that they’re doing it now is unintelligent nonsense).

When you’ve finished thinking about the Arab troike perhaps you could also consider jihadists who have simply crossed the border from Iraq and brought their weapons with them.

If you have real evidence I’d like to see it, but until then keep your comments for the schoolyard.

@mattoid, Of course I have a simplified view on the Syrian conflict, it’s simply the Americans persuing their agenda of controlling the Middle Eastern oil reserves and at the same time providing demand for their insatiable military industrial complex.

It only becomes complicated after the Americans have achieved their aims and chaos and carnage emerge from the ruins as every rag tag faction of would be despots fight for the right to oppress the Syrian people. Of course this won’t affect the Americans, as they will be a safe distance from the horror, as usual, but it will leave a nation of people devasted and hopeless as the Americans, with your mandate, rape their oil reserves to feed their corporate greed.

Or is all that a bit over your head?

Mattoid, I recall we’ve had a similar conversation before and I provided reports of the US arming to the rebels but unfortunately they are third hand reports so not necessarily concrete. Hugh, If you have better evidence please provide sources as I’d be very interested to see this.

Absolutely Barry, and I think I said that there was a strong possibility that may be the case, but until we know for certain that is just speculation, and is not particularly helpful when some people can’t see beyond the simplistic America=Bad, Everyone Else=Victim mantra.
Most sensible people, including you and me, recognise that the situation is much more complex than that, and neither side has a monopoly on good or evil.

Incredible that some people still rush to defend Assad, unless of course they haven’t seen the footage that emerged at the start of this conflict of the brutality inflicted on his own people before the west or any other outside power became involved.