In his four years as prime minister, David Cameron has been quick to urge Britain to take a stand when international crises flare up. As Muammer Gaddafi’s Libyan regime threatened the people of Benghazi in 2011, the prime minister led calls for a humanitarian intervention to prevent a massacre. When jihadis killed 40 oil workers at a gas facility in Algeria last year, he warned of the “large and existential threat” that faces the west. Now, as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known as Isis, spreads mayhem across Iraq, Mr Cameron is talking up the need for a vigorous UK response. Britain, he said yesterday, will “use all the assets that we have”, including “military prowess” to defeat the “monstrous” militant group.
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