Last Night's Vote.

Theresa May saw off an attempt by the SNP to secure a symbolic victory by calling a rare vote at the end of an emergency debate about the Syrian strikes. The Government won the late night stunt division 314 to 36 - a majority of 278. Labour declined to take part in the vote - which was legally meaningless - but Mrs May returned to the Despatch Box at 10.49pm to restate the Government case. The three hour debate saw repeated demands on the Government to hold a vote the next time it plans to commit British forces to battle. She earlier warned Corbyn (left) that relying solely on the UN Security Council was tantamount to agreeing not to act. Mail.
However evil the regime, we must learn the lessons of recent history.
We are not sufficiently strong to try to be ' 'the world's policeman'.
We know that Assad is foul and has owned chemical weapons - but where is the evidence that he was the perpetrator in this particular gut-wrenching incident?
We do know that extreme Islamic groups have previously stolen such weapons.
(I, for one, have not forgotten the rank dishonesty about WMDs in Iraq!)
Quis bono? 
Assad is a tyrant but hardly a stupid one. Is he more likely to have done this than his enemies in an attempt to further discredit him? - I really am not sure.
So. Where is the evidence? Why is it not being shown to the world? - Please convince me - and several billion others!
There is surely more to this than meets the eye and I have no idea at all what nefarious game Mr Putin is playing in the midst of all this.