European, African and U.S. mediators are seeking to mediate a compromise that allows the military and the Brotherhood to reach an accommodation without losing face.
"It's an emotional issue," said Mayor Ed Garza, who has sought to mediate the dispute.
The British protested United Nations involvement, while other Caribbean commonwealth islands sought to mediate.
President Harry S. Truman, instead, sought to mediate a resolution to the British-Iranian standoff.
The Russian ambassador, Sergei Lavrov, sought to mediate between the rival resolutions.
Russia upgraded its relations with Iraq and sought to mediate in the Iraq-Kuwait conflict.
Indeed, papal diplomats not only knew about the plot against Hitler, but sought to mediate between the conspirators and the allied powers.
South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, has played a key role in seeking to mediate with Gaddafi; Egypt, still in the aftermath of its own revolution, has been reluctant to get involved in Libyan affairs.
Where common sense dictates that Arab governments should seek to mediate between the regime and its opponents, they have chosen instead to humiliate Syria's rulers by suspending them from the Arab League.
"The battle is over how you keep what is Main Street for a lot of people from becoming an impersonal highway when you have 30,000 cars a day on it," said Ms. Nissman, who has been seeking to mediate the divisions.
