all of that but it seems to be putting the brakes on what seemed like a lot of momentum from britain today with the draft u.n. resolution, which was under the chapter seven, which means under the use of forsman date and that got nowhere. there wasn't even a u.n. security council meeting today. so that was batted away. also, william hague, the u.k. foreign minister, saying that chemical weapons were used. that this is a war crime and the world cannot stand by and he this morning saying any reaction had to come sooner rather than later because if it was going to be a lesson, it needed to be a lesson given right now. france, where i am, the president has said they stand ready to quote punish anyone who made that quote vile decision to use chemical weapons against civilians but it is not clear if they will go with the united states, particularly britain, if the u.s. decides to go it alone. obviously the u.s. does not want to wait for u.n. approval and the consensus has been trying to