...a formerly good idea gone bad...
could have "disastrous" consequences.
"The regime is in its final days," Syrian National Council chief Abdel Basset Sayda said following talks in Rome with Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi shortly after the veto at the U.N. Security Council in New York.
Sayda said the U.N. system was "outdated" with a set of rules dating back to World War II "that do not reflect the needs of our times".
"We cannot allow an illegitimate regime to massacre its people," he said.
The resolution would have threatened Syria with sanctions and Russia accused Western nations of preparing military intervention, while Washington said it would now work outside the council to confront
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Lord of the Baath...
"We must break this vicious circle and ask the Friends of Syria, which includes 100 countries and has international legitimacy, to step in and speak to the regime with a unanimous voice," Sayda said.