Not many moons ago I was witness to some pretty horrific 'atrocities' over in Bosnia - a similar situation to the Syrian tribal disaster we see unfolding. The UN were as impotent as they currently are - but until someone with big clanging cajoles takes charge of that organisation we will continue to have all this dreadful 'posturing' by Obama, Cameron, Hague etc. every time some despot comes under a bit of 'popular' pressure.
I really hope this will be a step change in the current British military crusade mentality - and yes, if we can now scale down our military inventory to reflect our new 'policy' then great - we might save some cash to spend on the NHS and win a few more Eurovision Song Contests!