Should May Have Sought Parliamentary Approval?

[Khandro]

She has entirely lost my support - such as it was- and will not lose any sleep over that perhaps, but there seems to be gathering condemnation at home and abroad e.g.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/14/syria-missile-raid-may-faces-anger-trump-declares-mission-accomplished

[Old_Geezer]

Oh and one can't claim something is so by excepting the very thing that disproves one's viewpoint.

[Khandro]

Reading the "Continental" press this morning, there are people in the EU annoyed that such action was taken by 2 of its members, France and Britain, without any consultation with them and only with that of a foreign country - the USA.

[Spungle]

"Should May Have Sought Parliamentary Approval?"

No.

[Kromovaracun]

They did wait for parliament in 2013. I suspect that's why they weren't keen to do so now.

Besides, if France and the USA are hell-bent on intervening then that is surely up to them. I'm still very confused as to why there was any urgency for the UK to make its irrelevant and pointless contribution to what looks increasingly like a Russian-American proxy war.

[ichkeria]

It wasn't a pointless contribution: the UK might be easily outgunned by the US and France, but they supplied a lot of the intelligence.

[Kromovaracun]

How do you know that, ich? Even if true, why does involvement of UK intelligence require commitment of British forces?

[ichkeria]

As I told someone else, kromo, I read the papers.
The Times in particular is a very good source.

[youngmafbog]

//We have no ground teams and no intelligence on the matter. //

Incorrect, we do have ground teams in Syria.

[ichkeria]

Spathi, there are (I can't remember how many) UK and US forces in Syria, mainly in places where IS is.
But there are, on the ground, exceptionally brave peopole from the WHO and an organisation called the White Helmets, who go around conflict sites logging evidence of war crimes, or simply just evidence of fighting, in all areas, not just those attacked by government forces. They have lost over 200 volunteers since the start of the war: they get attacked, mainly by Assad'sa forces, who not unnaturally hate the fact that someone is doing what they do.
So there are, actually, a lot of people on the ground there.

[ichkeria]

In the case of the air strikes, from the horse's mouth partly, and also partly from open source knowledge of the military capabilities of relevant forces.

[youngmafbog]

Yes I do. Well one personally.

[ichkeria]

You're losing me now