More than a thousand protesters in London chanted "Hands off Syria" - that was before Obama left no doubt that the country will be target. There were similar scenes in Germany - close to the same amount of anti-war activists there said only a sovereign and independent Syria, free of foreign interference would make peace possible. And that sentiment was echoed in Paris - while supporters of Syria were out in force in Turkey too. Pepe Escobar, an Asia Times roving Correspondent who's covered the Syrian conflict since it began almost two and a half years ago, joins RT to talk about Obama's announcement on Syria.<br /><br />Follow LIVE UPDATES on Syria 'chemical weapons' crisis: http://on.rt.com/0yh5ju<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.