While it will be difficult to get all of the relevant parties to the table in Geneva any time soon, much less to ensure an outcome that will stick, diplomacy is the only game left. As much as one might wish otherwise, every other policy option canvassed so far is wrong in principle, nonviable in practice, unlikely to be effective, or bound to increase rather than diminish suffering.
伦敦—美国和俄罗斯提出的举行外交会议结束叙利亚大屠杀的方案受到了颇多质疑。其实不应如此。尽管很难在很短的时间里让各方都来到日内瓦的谈判桌前，保证会议出结果的可能性也很低，但外交已经是唯一的解决之道。你可能还寄希望于其他方案，但目前的其他政策建议要么在原则上有问题，要么在实际中不可行，要么不可能有效果，要么必然会增加而不是减少痛苦。