Obama's rogue state tramples over every law it demands others uphold

``Obama's failure to be honest about his nation's record of destroying international norms and undermining international law, his myth-making about the role of the US in world affairs, and his one-sided interventions in the Middle East, all render the crisis in Syria even harder to resolve. Until there is some candour about past crimes and current injustices, until there is an effort to address the inequalities over which the US presides, everything it attempts -- even if it doesn't involve guns and bombs -- will stoke the cynicism and anger the president says he wants to quench.''