| One group of fools seeking help from another... |
At the Cairo-based Arab League, the organization’s chief Nabil Elaraby said he and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani were to head to New York on Saturday to seek support for an Arab plan on Syria. They are to “hold a meeting with the UN Security Council on Monday to seek ratification of the Arab League decision on Syria,” for President Bashar Assad to hand power to his deputy, Elaraby said.
| Because his deputy will be a paragon of sweet reason... |
Russia said on Thursday it would continue to promote its own draft resolution on Syria in the UN Security Council, staking out a tough position ahead of talks on a Western-Arab draft. Foreign Ministry spokesman ruled out neither a compromise on the rival Security Council resolution nor a veto from Russia.