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In reply to the discussion: Everyone hates ISIS....So what do you want to do about it ? [View all]JonLP24
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So what do they recommend? To create stability (which is kryptonite to extremists), Syrian women say three things must happen.
First, humanitarian aid must get to the millions in grave need. Almost three million people are registered as refugees in neighboring countries and over six million are displaced inside Syria. Thats in a country with a pre-war population of just under 18 million. Approximately half of the remaining inhabitants live in extreme poverty.
In response to this disaster, the UN made an urgent appeal for $2.28 billion just to meet the critical requirements of the internally displaced. So far, Member States have committed only $864 milliona little over one-third of the total. Last month, the UN was forced to cut the delivery of food aid by 40 percent.
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Which brings us to the third, and potentially most important, step: The parties must return to internationally-mediated negotiations and agree on a political solution to the conflict. The last round of talks in Geneva failed, its true. But this is still the best solution to the burgeoning civil war and the opportunistic extremism that has followed it. Only a unified Syria can beat back the ISIS threat.
Convincing both parties to come back to the table wont be easy. But Syrian women have identified concrete ideas that could help unite disparate factions by encouraging them to cooperate on mutually beneficial activities. For instance, the regime and opposition could coordinate the safe passage of university students between government- and nongovernment-controlled areas to allow them to resume their studies. The women also call on parties to prioritize construction of temporary housing for those displaced by the conflict on both sides. These actions could help cultivate trust between the regime and opposition and encourage popular support on all sides for renewed negotiations.
http://time.com/3513830/syrian-women-defeat-isis/
I'd also add stop giving Wahabbi dictatorships money & weapons. Follow the money.