The situation is becoming increasingly more complex, yet has reached a point where the conclusion - the end of the regime - is clear: the Free Syrian Army is becoming stronger, the regime is weakening rapidly (with its military reduced to acting essentially as death squads), and the fighting will continue until the regime falls.
What is needed is to speed up that process by providing maximum assistance to the rebels. More diplomacy, symbolised by Kofi Annan's failed mission, will only lead to an increasingly bloody stalemate. But outright military intervention would steer the crisis towards deeply unpredictable outcomes.
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