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to be honest i really dont care anymore. are we back under 7 billion yet? china is feeling the effects of not backing the people in lib(y)a. so in typical fashion for this govt they make a bigger mistake when it comes to s(y)ria. or maybe they are doing the western countries a favor by playing the role of the bad guys. the world govts work together behind the scenes a lot more than we realize

Syria is no where near as bad as the media makes it look. It's trying to build another war fever like it did in Libya and Iraq before that. Those were all lies and so is the scale of the violence in Syria. China and Russia accepted Iraq and Afghanistan as typical colonial adventures but Libya was too close to their strategic interests.
Plus, isn't it a little suspicious that Syria is Iran's only real ally in the region? Once Syria goes down then Iran stands alone. Then iran is next on the chopping block. With them taken care of, all of the middle east's oil will be under Western control. If the iran War is going to happen then it'll be during the Russian presidential elections because they'll be too busy with internal protests to help Syria and China is notoriously slow when it comes to making decisions.
Next up is Russia and then China. Check out the Project for the New American century and the Foreign Policy initiative to have the poop scared out of you.

To me, in reality it is not just one factor, but a combination of them. First you will have to aknowledge the socio-political factor currently present within the government of both countries, where a communist cadre is swimming like the dickens to continue in Marxist policies, while allowing capitalistic ventures to develop whe they realize it is their only way to survive.

Sorry, hit wrong button by mistake. I will continue now.
Then you also have socio-economic factors gto consider. Both countries are known for a great disregards to human life. China is on record, as the country were more persons are executed each year, and Russia is not far behind. Neither have a great record on human rights while preaching social equiality and the lackm of class strata, it is a wellm known fact that they do have two classes, the rich and powerful and governemnt members, and the rest of the masses. It is also wellknown that China craves for oil to continue to expand, and Russia gets hard currency to pay for their needs in food and money for corrupt officials by selling arms and any technoilogy to willing buyers. So, each peddles their respective needs in different ways, China in offering currency as an invcestment in develop infrastructure and tech advise, and Russia by offering arms and military assistance in exchange for other commodities they may seek. And of course, if there is a change of government than all of these time, effort and money will be wasted.
While for Western civilizations the news of government troops bombarding towns are totally unacceptable, for othger types of governments the killing of over 200 civilians is like one drop in a bucket of water, nothing. Their interests are above human rights concerns.
What really puzzles me is that so,me may claim that those news are the press biased, and making things look worse to satisfy other political views.
So, the veto at the UN Security Council did not surprise me, It is just more of the same, the interest of a few over the best interest of a majority, and in this case the people of Syria.

USA always wants to use violence to solve problems.
 
We won't ever be a positive force in the world if we continue to be so warlike. We should have learned our lesson in Vietnam but people are blind to the reality of that conflict.
 
We don't want t help the people of Syria (or Lybia, or Egypt). We just want to involve ourselves in their affairs and play kingmaker among the political factions there. And the sad result is that the people in these nations suffer and become more bitter enemies of us. We would rather have pro-western or west-tolerant dictatorships or failed states than real democratic reforms.