British Prime Minister David Cameron, "sickened" by images of children suffering after a chemical attack outside of Damascus, wants to convene an emergency session of the Security Council and issue an ultimatum to Syrian President Bashar Assad; disarm or suffer the consequences. Telegraph: The Prime Minister spoke with President Barack Obama by telephone to ask for help with convening an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council. The Prime Minister is also to hold a meeting of the National Security Council. However, senior military figures have said privately that the "window of opportunity" for a successful intervention in Syria has long been closed. But US officials were studying the Kosovo conflict, in which Nato launched weeks of air strikes without UN support and in the teeth of Russian opposition. He wants to put forward a "game-changing" resolution that would give the Syrian government, led by Bashar al-Assad, "one last chance" to...(Read Full Post)