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Has Russia and China given the Syrian government free reign

What will the Syrian government do next? I understand why all countries appear so reluctant to get involved in Syria. But did the veto by China and Russia in the UN security council give the Syrian government free reign to bomb their own people?  The situation in Syria is very complex and the truth is even harder to find due to the wide spread journalism ban in Syria. We can't be sure that people are dying. That people are resisting government control either by protesting or violence. But the government is defiantly responding with force. See this below link from NPR, I get lots of my current information from @acarvin on twitter.  http://www.npr.org/2012/02/09/146622564/syrian-forces-renew-bombardment-in-homs?sc=17&f=1004 My concern is that the veto stopped dead the possibility of Syrian government easing up. Before the veto failed the mere threat of UN intervention may have slowed down or restrained the Syrian government. Now what is there to stop the ...