It is often said when referring to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process that the United States cannot want peace more than the parties themselves. Let us hope that this is not the case with Syria, where, according to the United Nations, more than 70,000 people have been killed, more than 1.5 million have become registered refugees, and 8.3 million are in need of assistance.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov continued to labor to convene an international conference based on the Action Group for Syria Final Communiqué (or Geneva Communiqué) of June 30, 2012, but have not yet sealed a deal.