UPDATED Ban Ki Moon & UN. John Kerry to make statement 12:30

UN leader Ban Ki-moon will meet ambassadors from Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States on Friday after cutting short a visit to Europe over the Syria chemical weapons crisis."He intends to engage with member states on developments in Syria, starting today at noon (1600 GMT) with a meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council," said UN spokesman Martin Nesirky.The United States and its allies are considering a military strike on Syria over the attack. Russia and China are fiercely opposed to such a move.Noon today, yet another meeting?BREAKING: U.S. to make statement at 12:30 p.m.  The Spec has a poll for Canadian and anyone else if your interested in votingOf course, my vote was NO.I just listened to the second Kerry talk of the week. What struck me was the many and numerous similarities to the first speech.Here is a transcript of the second diatribeFor your viewing enjoyment and comparative purposes. The first talk can be found in this post from Monday  Use of Force against Syria just days away? It looks that way.Take note of the sameness of the two speeches. The manipulative use of the language etc.,

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