Much about Syria appears to be inexorable, to some folks.
But do complexity, and long memories, lead inexorably to conflict? (good background at the Economist)
And now, President Obama finds himself inexorably marching towards a limited strike against the Assad regime. (Al-Arabiya)
…an intervention aimed at regime change, which would drag the United States inexorably into a quagmire. (Foreign Policy)
(It's been inexorable for a while - Syria was
heading inexorably for a civil war and an appalling bloodbath in November 2011.)
To say that something is inexorable is often used to mean "inevitable," "unstoppable," but its proper use is limited to those things that cannot be stopped by pleas from others. It is quite true, and an extremely good thing, that the sunrise and the ocean tides are inexorable. A more mixed blessing but equally inexorable is the passage of years, as we remember when the pages fly off the calendar on our birthdays.
Many human actions are exorable though the word itself is rare enough these days, as the Inky Fool points out. Well aimed words, backed up with facts and arguments and consistent actions, can sometimes avert what seems inexorable otherwise.
Oddly enough, neither "exhortation" nor "exorcise" are related by etymology to inexorable. Nonetheless if we exhort our representatives to do the right thing, sometimes we can exorcise the worst daemons of our dodgy political system.
Update: And now Meteor Blades has made it easy.