Good question. Personally I do not think we should get involved further. I use the word further as the UK has a significant responsibility for creating this mess in the first place. The invasion of Iraq created the void for such groups to come to power in the first place. We (primarily US) also encouraged the sectarian fighting in Iraq as it meant our occupation could be prolonged. Over the years the west armed various militias as suited our short-term strategic aims, and hey presto several years later chaos rules.

http://www.popularresistance.org/how-the...ated-isis/

The west has been trying to overthrow Assad for several years, this is just another move towards the same goal. As for the chemical attack, most serious journalists and experts agree it was probably a false flag run by our own allies.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n08/seymour-m-h...e-rat-line

But, hey, it fit our narrative so it must be true!

Above all else, each time we start bombing it inevitably leads to thousands dying, societies being ripped asunder, refugees, misery and destruction for years to come. Just follow the trail from Iraq to Libya to Yemen. If we go further back Somalia, Ethiopia, Mali, various central American countries can all be included. I struggle to think of an example where the common people ever emerged better off than before.

I do not any one in power really gives a c**p about the poor suffering people of Syria, Iraq, etc. It is just PR flack to cover the fact yet again we are bombing another country illegally, one which has not threatened the UK.

Rant over, it really gets to me how immoral we have come in our foreign policy.