Nevertheless, Saddam aside, it's true that the reason the UN couldn't do anything but wag its finger at Assad was because Putin kept blocking the resolutions and using his veto. Russia and Syria are allies in that, so if Syria had been invaded Russia would have had to intervene, on their side, which is (unless I totally misread the news) the reason why we couldn't, and still aren't, intervening and this poxy civil war has been going on for years and that **** is still in power.
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