Just out from CBS' chief White House correspondent:

BREAKING. @MajorCBS says that at a Saturday White House meeting there was no debate that a military response against Syira is necessary. — Charlie Kaye (@CharlieKayeCBS) August 26, 2013

Well, if that's the case, then why hasn't the US "liberated" the Syrian chemical weapons yet? Does it perhaps have to do with Putin's very much "debatable" response?

And speaking of the Russian response, here is foreign minister Sergey Lavrov warning the west against an attack on Syria without a UN vote.