Officials from Russia, Iran and Turkey were preening themselves earlier this month ahead of a trilateral meeting in Moscow of foreign and defence ministers, to discuss Syria after Aleppo. Were they inviting their US counterparts? No. A realpolitik parley is no place for Panglossian procrastinators who, furthermore, would spoil the triumph of Russia and Iran as they savour the destruction of rebel Aleppo and the salvage of a rump state for Bashar al-Assad, their Syrian client.
去年12月，俄罗斯、伊朗和土耳其官员们正在整理仪容，准备参加月底在莫斯科举行的三方外长和防长会谈，讨论阿勒颇(Aleppo)收回之后的叙利亚局势。他们邀请了美国同行吗？没有。一场现实政治的谈判是不会给过分乐观的拖延者留位置的，更何况他们还会破坏俄罗斯和伊朗胜利的喜悦——这两个国家正津津有味地欣赏阿勒颇叛军控制部分被摧毁，他们的叙利亚委托人巴沙尔•阿萨德(Bashar al-Assad)的残缺不全的国家得到挽救。
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