US President Barack Obama is moving the United States closer to an "illegitimate" war in Syria

US President Barack Obama is moving the United States closer to an "illegitimate" war in Syria, raising echoes of predecessor George W. Bush's moves before invading Iraq, a prominent Russian lawmaker said Sunday.
  
"Inescapably, Obama is moving towards war in Syria just like Bush was towards war in Iraq," Alexei Pushkov, the head of the Russian lower house of parliament's international committee, said on Twitter. "Just like in Iraq, this war will not be legitimate and Obama will become a Bush clone."

Russia branded as "unacceptable" calls for Western nations to consider using force against the regime. Moscow also questioned Western and Syrian opposition claims that the Damascus regime might have used nerve gas.