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today i am mostly restoring my 1964 Fordson new performance super major, code name "the Major" here we go again .

So after all the argument, discussion and hand wringing on whether the UK should extend its air operations over the Iraqi border and into Syria a House of Commons vote on 2nd Dec last year was carried in favour of more bombing. David Camerons case for further strikes was that it was 'morally unacceptable to let our allies shoulder the burden alone', that we've been called on 'time and time again to make the hardest decisions in defence of our citizens and our country' and that we would all be safer if the UK bomb ISIS in Syria. All good stuff I'm sure you'll agree? Unless of course you were expecting some sort of Shock and Awe moment, a decisive blow at the heart of those who would do us harm, and wave after wave of Britain's finest finally taking the fight to the bedraggled hordes of medieval head choppers. It seems that there have only been 3 manned strikes since the vote (over 5 weeks ago) and one unmanned strike. After all the talk and debate in the House of Commons, after all the arguments both for and against, after all the media coverage, it's all gone very quiet. Why? What's going on? Is there a lack of targets? Are there too many Russian planes in the air? Have we run out of bombs? Have we finally realised that the 'good guys' are just as bad as the 'bad guys'? Was it all just a cynical ploy by Cameron to split the Labour party? (seems to have worked). Was it all just a dream?