Instead, the talks with the Russians seem to have run aground on the question of calling a conference among the warring parties to agree on elections. But elections in sectarian conflicts tend to be merely a census, and the Assad regime and all the other players know full well that Syria is a Sunni-majority country.
事实上，美国在中东的成功政策总是包括深刻的俄罗斯痕迹。而与俄罗斯的谈判的障碍在于让交战各方举行会议同意选举这一问题。但宗派冲突中的选举一般仅仅是一项共识，而巴沙尔政权和其他参与方心知肚明叙利亚是一个逊尼派占多数的国家。选举的结果不言自明。