For it to vote to shelter IS would be bizarre and revealing of Russian nihilism.If Mr Obama is rebuffed in the Security Council, or if Russia holds out for an unacceptable shift in America's policy towards Mr Assad, he should nevertheless go ahead and hit IS on both sides of the border.
Be prepared to get rebuffed, especially if the site is in the US.
America may feel exhausted and rebuffed, but if it pressed Israel to match the Palestinians' flexibility, the process might just creak forwards once more.
Now, Celtic appear to have been rebuffed, even if the club insist that no offer was made.
She misinterprets your good will and you feel rebuffed, but if you understand it's her way of saying, "I'm my own person.," then it doesn't hurt as much.
If rebuffed, they may even take measures to show their displeasure.
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department is preparing to answer a question that it has dodged and rebuffed for months: If there's not enough money for everyone, who is left empty-handed?
Speculation is rife that if rebuffed again, Turkey may consider punitive steps ranging from diplomatic and economic measures targeting the regime to the setting up of some kind of safe haven inside northern Syria policed by the Turkish military.
Hogan-Howe, commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said he would ask for more money for around 300 extra specialist officers and, if rebuffed, find it from his budget, which he said would shrink by another 15% because of austerity cuts, having shrunk by 15% already since 2010.
