Sermons and soda water over Syria now?

When UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos Friday called on the international community to help Lebanon address the Syrian refugee crisis she was only gilding the lily.
It is like calling the cops after the horses have bolted. Lady, where do you live, this is offering band-aids for a gaping wound. Don’t you know that 220,000 lives have been lost and rising and you are asking for aid like the banks of a river had gently overflown and upset village life. People are dying of violence every four minutes and the world has reneged on its duty to protect and defend the innocent. Why is there no one asking that question loud enough?
Now, because the Lebanese are making noises about the pressure from the stream of refugees there is a sudden awakening. All the right things for the wrong reasons. If the UN had got its act together much earlier and done something about the atrocities then you wouldn’t have had Lebanon reeling. Yet, look at the concern for Syria (or lack of it on one hand) and the texture of the concern for Lebanon.
"The impact on Lebanon has been tremendous and it continues to have a negative effect on the country's economic, political and social well-being," Amos said. "We must do more to support the people and government of Lebanon as they are struggling to meet increasing demand for services like health, education, electricity, and water and sanitation. We should not take their generosity for granted," she added.
As the Syrian war enters its fourth year, its neighbor Lebanon has received more than one million Syrian refugees, about half of them children.
 We understand that but it will get worse if you the world bodies and the Big Powers don’t move toward solving the central problem which is in Syria, not Lebanon.
"I spoke to children whose parents cannot afford to pay for them to go to school. It is such a waste. An entire generation is at risk," she said after she visited the camps.
Lady, the whole world is at risk, until the fires in Syria are extinguished.