UK = government needed a way of distracting the population since local elections are nearly upon us. War's always a good way of doing that, and since provoking Russia didn't distract people enough they climbed back up America's arse and tossed a few missiles about.
Same old story as usual, we'll probably sell Syria the weapons to fight back too, that's just how we roll.
Side note - I fixed the country names in the thread's title because it was irritating me.