Unconvinced, Japan says it will seek United Nations action against the regime and, it insists, may impose its own sanctions on the Stalinist state as détente in East Asia nears collapse.
It doggedly continues to defend its catastrophic sanctions regime, and it appears not to recognise that benefit delays are a pressing problem.
However, this remains distant, as there is no final decision by the regime and it may well be banking on its opponents rejecting a deal, just to gain positive PR for Assad.
However, the innovation is not a niche that directly competes with the regime and it does not need to find its place within the existing regime, i.e. it has no symbiotic relationship with the regime.
It is not chaos: It's the systematic capture of the state and its resources and the elimination of free speech by a profoundly corrupt regime, and it can be stopped.
However, political control is paramount to the current regime, and it will not hesitate to shut the door if it feels its authority undermined.
"The aid is coming through the regime, and it isn't reaching us," he said.
It conflicts with the box set regime, and it can be dispiriting.
But change is being forced on the regime, and it will be very difficult for the party to manage.
Two games into the new regime and it is clear that Gilroy is the one making the real-time decisions.
The control of information is a key element of any authoritarian regime, and it is easy to reach that point without the public noticing.
