So things changed very quickly, it was nighttime, it was hard to get clear information........ cockup certainly, "web of deceit" ..... a stick to beat Mrs C in an election year
It was the transparent, provable, and
extended lying about the origins of the attack that made the rest of the government's description of events non-credible. 'Web of deceit' isn't all that hyperbolic.
That said, I'm not at all sure we had any air support resources that could (in retrospect) have been generated and launched in time to do any good. But it appears that in real time there was no attempt to do so, even though we had no way of knowing for how long the assault would go on.