The Russian's have to take credit for this, they jumped on the words said by Kerry to come up with a proposal. If not for their strong support of Assad in the first place (China to) then the west would likely have been involved in Syria a long time ago. Its the fact Russia does support Assad so strongly that has prevented a war. If this proposal does work then Assad can go on to win the war using conventional weapons supplied by his allies.
Well done Russia.
