—Unlike in Las
Vegas, what happens in Syria refuses to stay in Syria. The country’s
long war, sparked by pro-democracy protests in 2011 against a dictator,
has created millions of refugees. The resulting power vacuum has sucked
in dozens of foreign forces with competing interests. Yet out of Syria’s
tragedy may come one benefit for the world.
How the war
eventually ends could highlight which moral standards of the global
order are embraced by the big powers. Peace in Syria, when it comes,
will be defined as much by shared values as by the peculiar interests of
each nation. Realpolitik must yield to real principles.
Source: csmonitor
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