"To set up refugee camps inside Syria would be a large military operation.
It would require a large invasion force and they would have to take on the Syrian army."
As Bobad pointed out - the Syrian forces are unlikely to stand up to any force that would go in to assist, particularly those who it regards as benefactors and supporters.
Once again you are opposing giving any practical assistance whatever to stopping the massacres and helping the victims - so that's it - the only support you are prepared to consider for the Syian people is your empty hand-wringing.
Britain and the US have consistently been prepared to act unilaterally by sending troops into countries that threaten their political adnd economic interests.
The fact that Russia and China are able to hold the UN to ransom is down to the fact that the US has persistantly abused the veto option in support of extreme terrorist regimes - it is difficult to complain of others abusing the veto when the most powerful and influential nation has done so for decades.
And you are right, "oil is not an issue in resorting to military intervention" - the lack of oil is - no oil, no intervention.
"will be aware of your hatred of Britain."
More brain-dead flag-waving.
No I do not hate Britain - I don't go in for self-hatred - I do not equate any nation by the actions (or in this case, the inaction) of their rulers.
I hate the cynically murderous bastards who run it, and the sycophants who flag-wave in support of that murderous cynicism - that hartred extends to the leaders of Russia, China, the US.... and all those who give assistance (and sell weapons) to murderous thugs like Assad, and stand by and watch while those weapons are used to suppress and torture.
Purely as a matter of national self-interest - the slaughtered of Homs are not the only victims of Assad's thuggery. The United Nations' credibility has been torn to shreds by not taking positive action on this affair - if it can be held to ransom by Russia (a recent convert to capitalism) and China (Britain's greatest trading partner), then it is of no use whatever as a force for international negotiation.
I'll leave you to you hand-wringing "nothing can be done so let's find
a wall to wail against".
Jim Carroll