That's exactly the case for Saddam then. When Shias revolted against him, he killed thousands of them, not only that, he used chemical weapons on Kurds too and brought the country on the verge of total collapse, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died because of his stupid wars. But we didn't see any kind of 'condemnation' from the very same countries and people who are bashing Iraq now before Saddam bite them in the arse by attacking them. Actually Maliki, no matter how bad he is, is far better than Saddam. About Assad, ironically, the ones who are fighting him now are far far more sectarian that Assad could ever imagine.