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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I would argue that the veto of the UN Resolution on Syria by Russia and China is a policy of appeasement, in that Syrian sympathizers gave Syria more time to get their house in order. In other words, Syria was rewarded with more time to oppress its own people. That, in itself, is a reward.
The West is trying to avoid this scenario. Russia and China are for it. So while it might be nice to ignore the problem, the West certainly doesn't see it that way. Nor should they.
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And why exactly should we give a crap what Syria does? I mean we already appease and bend over for governments that support terrorism because we like their oil. Why should we suddenly start caring when Syria starts killing their own people?
Fact of the matter is if we put boots on the ground, with the tension in the region those troops would get torn apart. And even if we succeed and restore some semblance of peace, what then? There is no end game that works.
The only way that the region can 'fix' itself is if the people overthrow the government, and implement freedom and democracy alone. If they do that we can help, but we sure as hell shouldn't get involved before outside of maybe arming the rebels, and perhaps sending Special Forces troops in to help secretly train them.
Russia and China getting involved makes this seem like the Cold War all over again. Want to do Korea and Vietnam over again too?