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The mandate is archaic in this technological age. We can see for ourselves a chemical attack has taken place just from social media. Two year old kids foaming at the mouth with pupils wide open with pain confirmed as much within hours of the atrocity.

The UN is supposed to stand for United Nations but it does appear to duck the issue time and time again. The inspectors are there but don't have a mandate to address the key issue of which side has done what. Meanwhile hundreds are dead and hundreds of thousands are forced to flee as refugees...

I know that but common sense dicates that they should do their utmost to find out who was responsible. Otherwise, what's the point? And if they stick rigidly to their brief and the facts are not forthcoming from the UN then it is difficult to justify military intervention.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that wise men stand by and do nothing" - Edmund Burke. I agree with this. However, to be wise you need facts. We must go to great lengths to establish who did what, it's why we have UN inspectors. Present them to China and Russia then put them...