Brewers Droop, if the west does something which sets a precedent then other nations can and will do the same!
In Syria we only know what the west has told us, remember we were told about Saddam having WMDs and also how he could attack Britain in 45 minutes! Assad is by far the lessor of two evils when compared to the terrorists against him. In Libya Gaddafi actually warned if he was removed the terrorists would take over and rule the country, he had actually joined us in the war on terror then western governments stabbed him in the back and betrayed him. Now Libya does not even exist as a country. We must keep out of these things.
Kiev forces are shelling civilian population centres in eastern Ukraine. This so called elected government only came about thanks to an illegal coup likely instigated by the west as Yanukovych refused to do their bidding. I now see a western puppet government who mainly come from western Ukraine wishing to force their views on the people of eastern Ukraine, most of whom supported Yanukovych, this is a civil war with Russia supporting one side and the west supporting the other and likely being the instigator of the whole thing. Western governments don't seem to care at all about the civilians of eastern Ukraine. I don't think they care about any civilians. After Maidan some protestors in the east rose up but were quickly put down by Kiev forces hence things escalated. Yanukovych should still be the President of Ukraine.