Now that the talks in Geneva have failed will Syrians be allowed to rule themselves?

I do not see how you can say that when it is clear that there is no agreement between the Regime or the Rebel factions. The rebel factions wanted to discuss interim Government, the Regime have no intention of giving up Government. It is there that the entire negotiation process stopped.

Both sides are firm as to what they want. What they want cannot be divided into workable portions, it is going to be one or the other. The Assad Regime in power, or the Regime overthrown and the current rebel forces arranging a post Assad electoral process.

If Assad wins, and with the backing of Russia, China, Iran etc, he has a good chance of winning, then all that will happen is that once the fighting stops, there will be retribution on a biblical scale.

If the rebel alliance wins, there will be an internal struggle of massive proportions to see which of the many factions and of course their backers will take centre stage, so this could be al Qa'ida for instance.

I think it is far more complicated than many accept, your list of interested or involved Countries is testament to that. I cannot offer a solution, but in that respect I think I am in the majority of Westerners.

I think the so called rebels might dispute your position that the talks are working. In fact everyone bar the Syrian govt believes that the talks have failed and it is the fault of the Syrian Govt.

Syria ought to be ruled by the government of Assad, all those rebels and trouble makers ought to be killed