The ineffective U.N….

The recent vote on censure against Syria torpedoed by China and Russia only emphasizes how ineffective the U.N. has become. The last U.S. president to ask the U.N. to get behind him when going to war was Papa Bush (the Gulf War). For Iraq, Baby Bush even changed a long standing U.S. tradition and launched a preemptive strike without allies’ or U.N. permission. For Libya, Obama turned to NATO, not the U.N.

What’s happening in Syria is similar to but not the same as what happened in Libya before...