Diplomats make careers of finding procedural solutions to insoluble dilemmas; surely, they hope, there is a conference table with a shape that matches a given strategic configuration. So far, the US has handled the various forms of political transition in the Arab Spring without severely damaging missteps.
外交官们让找到程序性解决方案的任务陷入了不可调和的两难；毫无疑问，他们希望能够给出一个与当前战略形势匹配的会议日程。到目前为止，美国在阿拉伯之春中处理了多种形式的政治转型，且没有造成破坏性失策。而叙利亚将是最棘手的挑战。