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Syria vote strains Britain-US ties

AFP, London
British Prime Minister David Cameron counted the cost yesterday after a humiliating rejection by parliament of his call for military action on Syria, a defeat which dealt a severe blow to the "special relationship" with the United States.
Cameron suffered the worst setback of his three years in office when lawmakers he had recalled from their summer holidays voted 285 to 272 to defy the government's motion late Thursday.
It was a doubly damaging defeat for Cameron, who had already watered down the original motion in response to demands from the Labour opposition.
The party said it needed “compelling evidence” that the Syrian regime had been responsible for a chemical attack that killed hundreds near Damascus, then said it was opposing the government's "opaque” motion.
It is believed to be the first time since 1782 that a British government has lost a vote about military action.
Cameron is likely to bear most responsibility forthe result.
He reportedly had pushed Barack Obama to take action over Syria, but now the US president is left to pursue a military option without his closest ally and the country that gave US forces the strongest backing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Cameron said he did not feel he should apologise to Obama, and said he hoped the US leader would understand that he had had to seek parlia-
ment's approval before action.
“I don't think it's a question of having to apologise," he said.
Cameron said he still wanted to see “a robust response" to chemical weapons use and suggested Britain would increase diplomatic pressure on the Syrian regime, but conceded it could not now take part in military strikes.
Veteran politician Paddy Ashdown, a former special forces soldier, said Britain's standing in the world had been hugely diminished by the result.
"We now have a bunch of people -the same ones who voted against this last night - who want to get out of Europe and have smashed our relationship with the United States," he said, in a swipe at rebel Conservative backbenchers.
Earlier he wrote on Twitter: “In 50 years trying to serve my country I have never felt so depressed/ashamed. "
Professor Michael Clarke, of the Royal United Services Institute thinktank, said parliament's decision would prove an embarrassment for Britain internationally, but it remained to be seen whether it would be merely a "blip" in relations with Washington.
He said that while Britain had a strong intelligence-sharing relationship with the US, the "symbolism" of the absence of UK forces in any military action over Syria would be strong.
"As it stands, we will not be there firing off our cruise missiles - if that happens - and there is big political symbolism in that. We lack the symbolism of joining in."