PARIS ‘ Individually, Western capitals have issued stern condemnations of Syria’s brutal crackdown on its citizens, but together they have failed to bring coordinated diplomatic pressure to bear. Particularly at the United Nations, Washington and its European allies have struggled to cobble together enough support to repeat their feat of winning a green light for the NATO operation in Libya. No-one is suggesting a similar military intervention in Syria, but world powers cannot now agree a toothless motion condemning Bashar al-Assad’s crackdown without even the threat of sanctions. “The proposed…
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