Russia and China Join in Unanimous UN Security Council Vote on Syrian Ceasefire

Russia and China Join in Unanimous UN Security Council Vote on Syrian Ceasefire

As the conflict in Syria between rebel forces and Bashar al-Assad's regime has intensified, the international community has only watched in horror as thousands of innocents have died. The U.N. -- in its typically useless fashion -- hadn't even reached consensus on denouncing the violence, thanks to Russian and China. The two countries, both able to exercise veto power on the Security Council, have tended to side with Assad, and voted down resolutions to send aid or enact sanctions.

However, they have finally joined the remaining countries and voted to send observational forces to Syria, hopefully the first...