And what has been proven in recent weeks beyond any doubt is that Washington and its allies are the sponsors of this terrorist proxy army.
Russia knows the real nature of Washington's criminal involvement in Syria's conflict. Lavrov has been calling Washington out in blunt terms of late, saying that it has been covertly supporting Al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al Nusra from the outset. It doesn't come more stark than that assessment. Washington colluding with terrorists, as declared by Russia's top diplomat.
Sitting around the negotiating table in Lausanne were representatives of countries that Moscow knows full well have conspired with Washington to destroy Syria, primarily Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Kerry's next stop is London where he will meet with diplomats from Britain and France, two other criminal, terrorist-sponsoring co-conspirators.
Russia's military intervention in Syria and its deft diplomacy have together had a cathartic transformation on the conflict. Militarily, a victory can be envisaged for the Syrian nation against a foreign plot to subjugate it. Secondly, Sergey Lavrov's painstaking negotiations over the past year have had the revelatory effect of exposing the hitherto covert, nefarious role of Washington and its allies in fueling the Syrian war.
Given the reality now made manifest, there seems little else to talk about. Talks about ceasefires and political transition have an air of futility. The most effective way to bring peace to Syria is for the Syrian and Russian forces to redouble their determination to crush the insurgency.
If Washington and its allies somehow develop a genuine concern to end the war, then they can easily contribute by stopping their covert money and arms supplies to their terrorist proxy army.
When Kerry meets his fellow war criminals in London to give them a briefing from Lausanne, the bottom line will be: Sorry guys, the Russians aren't buying our bluff anymore.
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