Dammit Russia stop doing this sigh. Seriously why do we have two non democracies on the permanent security council?
Personally I think that number is closer to 3 because America is really not much more a democracy than Russia.
I am inclined to think that the right thing to do is for the UN to step in and basically do what was done in Libya, unlike what the US did in Iraq. Provide support, but don't get involved in the ground war. Of course the UN wont get involved because there are no huge oil fields in Syria, if there were we wouldn't be having this discussion.
The UN is supposed to be a global humanitarian peacekeeping initiative but seems to serve the greed of the permanent security counsel member more than anything else. Further with Russia, the US and China all having veto power, the organization cannot actually work as it is intended.
I honestly don't like the situation in Syria. I personally think that the rebels are going to be just as evil and vicious a despot as the current leader. It is hard to know who to support when both seem like pretty bad groups. The government is definitely committing human rights violations against its people though, and that should be dealt with by the UN. The actions of the rebels will have to be dealt with later I suppose.