Oh my: Russia threatens to sell S-300 to Iran if US attacks Syria without UN backing

In an interview as part of the lead up to the G20 summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Associated Press and Russia's state Channel 1 television that his country would consider selling the S-300 anti-missile defense system to 'certain regions' in the event that the United States attacks Syria without United Nations backing. The statement was taken as a veiled hint that Russia would

Obama: US has to enforce international norms because UN can't

So is this going to apply to Iran too? Can he at least make it preventative rather than reactive?

“I have no interest in any kind of open-ended conflict in Syria,”
Obama said in an interview with the PBS NewsHour, stressing that he has
not decided to order a military attack.

“But we do have to make
sure that when countries break international norms on chemical weapons
they are held

Ban Ki-Moon seeks a delay in US attack on Syria

Ban Ki-Moon has asked for a four-day delay in the US attack on Syria in order to give UN chemical weapons inspectors enough time to finish their inspection.

"They are working very hard, under very, very dangerous circumstances,"
Ban told a news conference in The Hague where he was attending centenary
celebrations for the Peace Palace.

"Let them conclude their work for four days, and then

As four US destroyers steam toward Syria, Obama tries to make up his mind

As four US destroyers, including the USS Mahan pictured above, steam toward Syria, President Obama was last seen in the White House doing this:





Obama remained cautious about getting involved in a war that has
killed more than 100,000 people and now includes Hezbollah and al-Qaida.
He made no mention of the “red line” of chemical weapons use that he
marked out for Syrian President Bashar

France calls for armed intervention if chem weapons used in Syria

France is calling for armed intervention if chemical weapons were used in Syria.

"There would have to be reaction with force in Syria from the
international community, but there is no question of sending troops on
the ground," Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on French television
network BFM.

He added that if the UN Security Council could not make a decision, one
would have to be

My previous statement is inoperative

Last week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon made a long overdue admission. He admitted that the United Nations is biased against Israel.

“Unfortunately, because of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel
has been weighed down by criticism and suffered from bias and sometimes
even discrimination,” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon admitted during
his visit to Jerusalem, according to the