The Bosnian Serbs lost the war, and the siege was lifted from Sarajevo primarily because film and photographs showed what was happening to the inhabitants of the city. After three and a half years, the deadly reality show that had been broadcast to all the eyes in the free and protected world became unbearable. Then, in Dayton, an accord was signed. The bloody spectacle was over.
In Aleppo there is no spectacle. There they are suffering and dying far from the cameras of photographers and television crews.
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