I watched on TV that the British Parliament voted 285 to 270 against military action into Syria. C-Span etc. no doubt will be showing replays of this. That's a very close vote. If the powers that be do a better job of explaining how they know stuff now, better than when we were told 10 years ago about the WMD in Iraq, with equal certainty of trust us you don't need to see any classified details, then maybe public opinion will sway to alter that very close sentiment in the other direction. The US France Turkey & whoever else not certain to the public, are still on board, without the British. Unless another nation's legislature has a similar vote. The UN inspectors supposedly are leaving Saturday, so the strikes could start as early as Sunday. Before the vote, we were told that RAF planes would participate from an air base in Cyprus. With Britain out, is Cyprus also? Al Mac = Alister William Macintyre