لافروف يحذر من "فوضى دامية" في سوريا في حال فشل المفاوضات

Russia wants to get out of the syrian mess with minimum damage after they realized they have placed their bets on the losing horse. Even if the regime kills a million syrian, god forbid, it is still doomed and cant be saved.

All this up till now is not considered bloody chaos by the Russians ? How sick is that?

I was thinking the same thing Shab. the blood and carnage so far does not count I guess.

Hey Russia.....think "no more ASSad"....that is the first step toward a solution. But replacing him with another BAAth thug and keeping things the same will also not work.

Forget your base at Tartous, forget drilling for Med. oil. Your horse is dead. You lost.

He should have been saying this a year ago, not now. Talks have failed because Syria refuses to talk to others and nobody trusts the people Syria talks to. If Russia is serious about peace, then it has to take real steps instead of protecting the status quo.

And hopes for a peaceful solution rely on the ASSads leaving as soon as possible--the regime doesn't have legitimacy in the world's eyes any more.