The Sunday Express survey found that the 62 MPs, almost 10 per cent of the total 650, with the experience of active service in army are likely to be more hesitant when voting on sending troops abroad.
“There is no doubt those who experience conflict first-hand are extremely cautious about making sure that deploying troops is only done as a final resort,” said former British Army officer Dan Jarvis, who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
“I understand the implications of putting boots on the ground,” he added.
Former member of Armed Forces and Conservative MP for Penrith and the Border Rory Stewart also said that that those who were involved in British interventions are more cautious because they have experienced the “problems and failures”.
“It’s only when you’ve been up close and personal and thinking hard about military action that you begin to realize how dreadful it is,” said Richard Bacon MP, south Norfolk.
Britain played a major role in fanning the flames of Syria conflicts by arming and training militants fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
On August 21, the militants operating inside Syria and the foreign-backed Syrian opposition claimed that 1,300 people had been killed in a government chemical attack on militant strongholds in Damascus suburbs.
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans to launch an offensive against the Syrian government over the alleged use of chemical weapons, however, faced a historic defeat after British lawmakers rejected the motion by 285 votes to 272 in a Commons vote.
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