We all seem to be ignoring the elephant in the room ( no offence intended to our resident pink pachyderm):
UN powers deadlocked as Assad vows resistance
NEW YORK (AFP) - The United States made it clear Thursday that it was ready to act alone to launch a punitive strike against Syria's chemical-armed regime, as top UN powers remained deadlocked.
Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad vowed to resist any military intervention, and the governments of US allies Britain and France struggled to win domestic political backing for action.
Key US ally Britain had mounted an improbable bid to win UN backing for military action, but a meeting of the permanent Security Council members broke with no apparent breakthrough.
The 45-minute meeting was the second since Britain proposed a draft resolution to permit "all necessary measures" to protect Syrian civilians after a suspected chemical weapons attack last week.
US warships armed with scores of cruise missiles are converging on the eastern Mediterranean, and US military officials have said they are ready to launch a powerful barrage against regime targets in Syria.
Assad's ally Russia has blocked all attempts to toughen international sanctions against Damascus or authorize outside force to punish or unseat the regime.
Assad remained defiant in the face of the Western threats.
"Syria will defend itself in the face of any aggression," state television cited him as telling a visiting delegation of Yemeni politicians.
He vowed that any attack would result in "victory" for the Syrian people.
His regime has denied using chemical weapons and blamed "terrorist" rebels.
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The US would have to be the most war-mongering nation since Rome!
Why don't they butt out of middle-eastern politics?
They say they have a humanitarian duty to intervene but they are just destabilising the whole region and contributing to civilian deaths.
