Although he believes “it is important to stand by our allies”, Mr Rosindell has criticised Mr Cameron for not having “a proper strategy”, which would considers the wider implications of air strikes in Syria.
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MPs voted by 397 to 223 last night in favour of extending British action to quash IS, also known as Isis, Isil and Daesh, from Iraq into its Syrian strongholds – a majority of 174.
Romford MP Mr Rosindell said he voted with the government but he told the Recorder he did it “with some doubts”.
Another group that tracks Syria’s war, the Local Coordination Committees, said warplanes struck areas near the Milh and Omar oil fields in Deir el-Zour.
Four Tornados from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus took part in the operation, which targeted the Omar oil fields in eastern Syria, which is under IS control.
Every Staffordshire and Black Country MPs participated in the vote, but only three voted against taking action: Labour’s David Winnick, Valerie Vaz and Rob Marris.
The Omar field is one of Syria’s largest.
“It’s a very good illustration of a target that is literally one side of the border and couldn’t previously be attacked”.
About his decision to vote against, Mr McPartland said: “The last Parliament saw a bad day for democracy when the Labour Party tried to create political capital out of the suffering of innocent children, women and men in Syria”.
Defense Secretary Michael Fallon personally approved the targets before the vote and said the strikes were “successful”, reported the BBC.
“We are all committed to destroying Daesh – it is about how best we do that”.
There will be civilian causalities – Cameron may have used Iraq as an example to say that in the 1 year and 3 months in which the RAF has been carrying out strikes there has not been a single civilian fatality. Britain is well up the hit-list for Daesh terrorists.
“It’s just a case of arming the jets, they’ve been identifying targets already, so they’re confident they’ve got them”. “ISIS will use United Kingdom strikes to Recruit new people in the west and new fighters and maybe they will do terrorist attack”.
Following Wednesday’s divisions in Parliament, Mr Fallon said: “We ended up with a strong and very decisive vote in favour of action and I hope everybody now will rally round that action and support the RAF in their efforts to keep our country safe”.
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Cameron said, defending the operation.
