CNN The Situation Room August 30, 2013 22:11:00
The parliament decided that there would be no vote of confidence for the prime minister to take part in any of these kind of military strikes and therefore the british have said they will not take part in military action. and, honestly, you know, you cannot overstate what a shock that is because for the last 30 years at least the british have been side-by-side with the americans every time there's been either a major or even a limited strike in this regard. so this is a big shock, particularly after the prime minister and his own foreign secretary, william hague, were very, very vocal about th...