Syria, Russia, China, and the UN

Russia and China have both vetoed a resolution that would have condemned Bashar al-Assad of Syria and demanded that he step down.

It looks bad.  But then, when Bashar's father Hafez nearly leveled an entire city in Syria, the UN didn't even have a resolution or a vote.  And I suppose a vote with "no" is better than no vote at all.




The world is very angry at Bashar
Except for Russia, China, and the few
Remaining army loyalists. The coup
That brought his father in is very far
Away indeed from everything his son
Is doing to destroy the country. We,
Condemning the too-eager gunnery
Of all the king’s enforcers, while we shun
The younger Assad, must remember this:
We didn’t say a word in ‘82
When Hafez killed some 20,000. Few
Indeed were cries that something was amiss
Within the UN Council. Do not fret.
Though vetoed, 0 and 1 is better yet.