Even Wonder Woman Can't Save the U.N.

The New York Times headline says it all: “Assad’s Lesson From Aleppo: Force Works, With Few Consequences.”

There is a sense of disillusionment, retreat, and impotence about these terrible events. In his report for the Times, Ben Hubbard quotes Maha Yahya, the director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, saying, “Everybody has been watching helplessly as this conflict unfolds. . . . They are watching civilians being massacred mercilessly and all they can do is tweet about it and sign petitions.”