Russia’s Reasons for UN Veto

... get bogged down in Syria for a long time. Military intervention in Syria might be really expensive and neither Europe nor the USA have extra money on such engagement with Syria. Obama needs to pay his campaign bills and Europe needs to deal with the Eurozone ... ... on their own. It is too early to draw any conclusions, but even though it seems that humanitarian intervention worked out in Libya, we still should keep in mind that Syria is a much more complex and troubled country. The intervention may shed even more ...