聚焦G20，纵观普奥会

Good news then for President Obama who's flown across the Atlantic ahead of the G20 Summit in Russia tomorrow. Stopping off in the Swedish capital Stockholm, the president switched his focus to match his new audience of world leaders, seeking more willing intervenors to bolster his rather slim coalition, and in the process perhaps taking some of the pressure off himself and his country whose credibility's been called into question by both proponents and opponents of military action.

"My credibility is not on the line, the international community's credibility is on the line. And America and Congress's credibility is on the line because we give lip service to the notion that these international norms are important."

And he may have taken some comfort if only a crumb or two from the latest remarks by President Putin who'll be hosting him and the other 18 heads of state and government tomorrow. Mr Putin said he didn't rule out supporting a UN resolution authorising a military strike if it was proved beyond doubt that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against its own people.

"I do not exclude this, but I would like to draw your attention to one absolutely key aspect. In line with international law, only the UN Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state, any other pretext or method which might be used to justify the use of force against an independent sovereign state is inadmissible and can only be interpreted as aggression."

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