FINANCIAL TIMES: … “President [Barack] Obama’s decision-making will be guided by what is in the best interests of the United States,” said Caitlin Hayden, National Security Council spokeswoman. “He believes that there are core interests at stake for the United States and that countries who violate international norms regarding chemical weapons need to be held accountable.”
Responding to the 13-vote defeat, Mr Cameron accepted there was now no chance of British military involvement in Syria. “It is clear to me that the British parliament, reflecting the views of the British people, does not want to see British military action. I get that and the government will act accordingly,” he said…
The UK vote has left Mr Obama in a jam as he attempts to win support at home for a limited military strike, forcing him to contemplate undertaking the mission without the US’s key ally at its side giving him both political and military support… (more)
