Two years on, with a different target, he is trying to persuade some MPs from his Conservative Party and the opposition Labour Party to back expanded military action.
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Mr Cameron said he would not call a vote in the Commons on airstrikes in Syria until he was sure there was a clear majority in favour of action as defeat would be a “publicity coup” for IS.
“Decisions to use force are not to be taken lightly, ” he said.
The statement was a response to a foreign affairs committee report earlier this month. It has recommended a coherent global strategy to tackle ISIL, and end the civil war in Syria.
Osborne also faces a row over claims from police chiefs, who say that cuts to the number of frontline officers who do not fall under the counter-terrorism budget could increase the risk of an attack in Britain.
Cameron confirmed, after a series of questions from opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, that British boots would not hit Syrian soil.
“I don’t want to bounce the House into this”, he told the Commons.
Mr Walker said: “If it will help the situation in Syria and the benefits can be laid out very clearly I will support it, but if there isn’t evidence of that I don’t think it is worth risking our troops. We must not shirk our responsibility for security or hand it to others”.
He said in the 24-page response that the campaign against Islamic State was entering a new phase, focusing on command and control, supply lines and financial support – something that suited Britain’s capabilities.
French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the Bataclan theater in Paris on Monday, where 89 of the 130 people killed in the terror attacks in Paris lost their lives.
It comes as the Belgian capital, Brussels, remains on the highest level of terror alert for a third day.
“All the advice I’ve received says yes”, he said, adding Britain is in the “top tier” of countries to be targeted by the extremist group also identified as Daesh, ISIS and ISIL. The acquisition of 42 stealth fighter jets will also be accelerated.
In an impassioned speech this morning, Cameron implored the public and anti-airstrike politicians to get behind him when he takes his motion to a vote. And he said that while ground forces would be needed as well, they would not be British. The lower house previously voted 515-4.
The Prime Minister said it was time to “do the right thing for our country”, and strike the “head of the snake” at IS headquarters in Raqqa, Syria.
Mr Cameron said IS had “repeatedly” sought to target the United Kingdom and argued that the country should not “outsource” its security to its allies.
Mr Cameron’s campaign for taking on ISIS in Syria was given a huge lift yesterday when the Church of England’s governing body overwhelmingly backed military intervention in Syria to establish safe routes for refugees to escape the country’s bloodshed.
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In question… PM David Cameron has wanted to remove Syrian President Bashar Assad (pictured) from power in 2013.
