Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
Come on, everyone knew that was going to happen when the resolution went through the UN last time, Putin is not so stupid he was deceived. The caveat was no boots on the ground last time.
Actually, no one expected an operation of this scale. There have been a lot of reports about pissed off diplomats from Russia, China, and South Africa, all saying that they will never be duped like this again (that's why Russia and China are resisting voting for any remotely anti-Syrian resolutions).