In practical military terms, this doesn't mean too much as any involvement would have been US-dominated anyway. Politically we can blame Ed Miliband for not allowing it to pass, and a No.10 official was somewhat scathing about him to a major newspaper (Can't remember which, was either Times or Telegraph) for screwing over British foreign policy for political point-scoring. On the other hand, the majority view is anti-war and it is good this was respected by the vote. It certainly puts Cameron in an interesting position.
Any involvement would be easier than Libya, which required asking the Italians nicely, due to the BST on Cyprus, home to substantial military bases. It's mildly amusing in a way "Dear Johnny Foreigner, could you wait until 2016/7 to have your wars because we cannot into fixed wings operating off carriers until about then. Yours HM Government". On a side note, the whole episode shows the total idiocy of certain aspects of governmental thinking. Fight and kill the taliban in Afghanistan, but then give them arms, money and possibly military aid when in Syria? If you want to champion human rights, the only course I can see is a multilateral UN peacekeeping force. The rebels would throw any pretence of fighting for freedom away once in power, and I hope the international community is ready for this.
But I won't go to England due to the prescence of scruffy in shottingham. - Scenter102
This is Scruff we are talking about. I can't think of anything I don't see Scruff doing just for the hell of it. - Agrippa 271
The cake was made by Scruffy and it was... a rude shape. - Liam
monkey in a suit on a cycle - Scenter102 describing Scruffy