Syrian opposition tells U.N. willing to attend Geneva conference

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - The president of the opposition Syrian Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, said the group would attend a proposed Geneva conference to end two and a half years of conflict in Syria if it aims to establish a transitional government with full powers.

In a letter to the U.N. Security Council, obtained by Reuters and dated September 19, Jarba said the coalition "reaffirms its willingness to engage in a future Geneva Conference" but "all parties must ... agree that the purpose of the conference will be the establishment of a transitional government with full executive powers" as stipulated by an agreement last year by international powers.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/09/22/uk-syria-crisis-geneva-idUKBRE98L03820130922

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Reuters AMMAN | Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:39am BST News has only just been released. The refusal by the opposition to attend a projected Geneva 11 meeting was one of the main stumbling blocks with Russia.

[Igel]

1. Events on the ground can be sobering.

Having your advance thwarted, and then gains taken over by Islamists, can lead you to re-evaluate the inevitability of your natural rise to greatness and rule, thus depriving you of the power and authority over lessers that you, by virtue of your goodness, intellect, and character, so justly deserve.

So the idea that Assad will give way to a temporary period during which power will transition to its natural wielder becomes more attractive--however humiliating such a period would be, implying both a certain lack of strength as well as requiring patience.

Perhaps it's the Universe's way of perfecting the Just and Wise. And arrogant.

[99th_Monkey]

2. WTF? Next thing you know, peace with be breaking out in the Middle East.

This must have our Invisible Oligarchy scrambling to try to keep
WAR WAR and MORE WAR on Obama's To Do List.