lot of momentum from britain today, with that draft u.n. resolution, which was under the chapter 7, which mean under the use of force mandate. that got nowhere, there was not even a u.n. security council meeting today. that was batted away. also, the foreign minister saying chemical weapons were used, 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 needs to be a lesson given right now. france, where i am, the president has said they stand ready to "punish anyone who made that vile decision to use chemical weapons against innocent civilians." but it's not clear right now 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 the u.n. approval and it seems the consensus is amongst nato forces