That is so clear. There needs to be a good editorial written that demonstrates that.
1. To force a dangerous dictator to change his ways, he MUST sense a real danger of retaliation.
2. If he does not see unity in the potential parties to that retaliation, then he will NOT change immediately.
3. If he senses open division in the potential parties to that retaliation, the he probably will consider not changing EVER.
4. If he senses that some of the parties of the retaliation are actively preventing any retaliation EVER happening, then he will DECIDE never to change.
5. If he senses that some of the parties are his allies, then he will ignore the opposition and return to his dangerous ways.
On the positive side, France's actions may have emboldened SH enough to stick around and dig his own grave...had there been a unifed front in the UN, he might have decided to step down, putting one of his equally evil, yet much younger and healthier sons in command, maintaining puppet control...would we then be able to go in and topple the regime? That, to me, would have been a worse scenario....