Everything Putin said is a lie. He says we should listen to the UN but Putin unilaterally invaded Georgia unprovoked without UN permission.
Everybody here knows the UN is just a mutual tyrant society, but his statements on who used the poison gas I believe. Assad was winning, he had no reason to risk involvement by the rest of the World. Al-Qaeda really is fighting on the rebels side. Assad is an Alawite , a minority Muslim sect and in the Islamic world that marks you for death. His side, and the Christians , are fighting for survival.