Until the western world with 75% of the worlds prosperity stops wanting more and more cheap resources and more and more cheap material goods that we seem to be consuming at a faster and faster rate, there will never be peace in the world. The bottom line is; we have to give up some of the lifestyle and expectations we have become accustomed to and share our wealth with the rest of the world. Syria: just more collateral damage in a world gone mad with greed and exploitation.  My condolences to the people of Syria.