On Friday (27/1/12) Britain and France presented an Arab League resolution to the United Nations Security Council essentially calling for the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. As the only resolution the UNSC could pass on Syria would be one calling on all nations (especially the US) to respect Syria's territorial integrity by ending their support for the insurgency this effort collapsed faster then the England cricket team's Saturday (28/1/12) innings against Pakistan. The Arab League have now accepted that there will be no UNSC resolution on Syria and on Saturday effectively ended their observer mission in the country. Britain however will persist bringing the issue back before the UNSC on Tuesday (31/1/12) evening when Brighton & Hove Albion FC travel to Thornton Heath for their grudge match against Crystal Palace FC.
At this point I think the most humane thing the UNSC can do is refuse to even discuss the matter further. With the 12 month anniversary coming up if the Syrian insurgents stop receiving international encouragement they may finally get the message that there is not going to be a Libya style intervention and Bashar al-Assad will not be overthrown so by continuing to fight all they are doing is destroying their own county and killing their own countrymen for the amusement of the US, Israel, Britain and Saudi Arabia.
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