Syria's Suffering Should Haunt Us All

Nothing churns the stomach more than seeing Syria on the news. You wonder how bad it is this time, the casualties, the graphic, gory images. And then you wonder if there will be a reaction beyond the obligatory outpour of empathy and sadness. It’s unlikely.At the time of writing this, Eastern Ghouta is under heavy siege, one of the last rebel instalments as Bashar Assad’s air force indiscriminately lays waste to beleaguered enclave east of the capital. Again the pictures of pale corp