CAMERON WILL URGE MPS TO BACK BOMBING ISIS IN SYRIA
Britain
‘cannot afford to wait’ for a peace deal in Syria, David Cameron warned
yesterday, as he prepared to set out the case for bombing Islamic State
terrorists there.
In
a statement to Parliament today, the Prime Minister will urge MPs to
support military intervention in Syria’s civil war to counter the threat
posed by IS fanatics.
Ministers hope to force a vote in days, with an RAF bombing campaign starting as early as next week.
In
the Commons yesterday, Mr Cameron warned MPs to learn the lessons of
1930s appeasement, urging them to act like Winston Churchill, not
Neville Chamberlain.
In
an apparent dig at Labour’s anti-war leader Jeremy Corbyn, Mr Cameron
said: ‘There is a clear and present danger to the United Kingdom … One
of the lessons I would say we should learn from the last century is that
when your country is under threat … you cannot endlessly sit around and
dream about a perfect world – you need to act in the world we are in.’
The RAF has been conducting airstrikes against IS targets in Iraq since September last year.
Since
the election, ministers have been agitating to extend the campaign into
Syria. They hope to capitalise on public outrage at the IS atrocities
in Paris to force through a vote on the issue.
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