America and the West claim that they cannot act significantly without a UN mandate, which Russia and China are denying them by vetoing anti-Syrian resolutions in the Security Council. But the truth is that governments in Washington, London, Paris, and elsewhere could do much more without a Security Council resolution.
美国和西方国家称没有联合国授权他们无法采取行动，而联合国授权则被俄中两国在安理会否决反叙利亚决议时否决。但实际情况是华盛顿、伦敦、巴黎和其他国家的政府即使没有安理会决议也可以做很多事。