At least not yet, and not without UN support

This is the background to my recent posts on the reduced safe-haven demand

President Obama has scaled back his rhetoric in the face of increasing opposition, and UK PM Cameron has to contain his gung-ho approach as the danger of losing a parliamentary vote becomes more apparent.

Today the UK’s House of Commons will debate the Syrian crisis but not vote on any motion to intervene with military action, in the face of losing support of the opposition parties as well as many within his own ranks. The memory of Iraq rings ever louder and justifably so.

The BBC here carries more on today’s UK parliamentary debate