This is what is amusing to me: whenever a DC think tank or a Western media promises "different perspectives" on Syria, they always manage to offer the same perspective really. Look at this "four" perspectives" as the authors speak: "Sam: Well, as you said, I don’t think we’re heading towards some conclusive, comprehensive resolution to Syria’s war....Michael: I’ll pick up on Sam’s last very useful point that we’re effectively post-“the war.”...Aron: Boringly enough, I mostly agree with what was said above." I read this very long session, having learned what Westerners mean when they say "different perspectives".