So has the time finally come when America and its allies will take action, send in the bombers, declare a no-fly zone? It seems not.
For there is a matching shout from the West: “It’s Iraq all over again.” Indeed, if there are any polls suggesting intervention would be a vote-winner, governments across the world are keeping quiet about them. The Syrian people bleed, world leaders tear their heartstrings, but their voters, tired of war, tired of recession, tired of politics, just want to turn the other way.