No one, will ever give 'permission' for you (or anyone) to bomb them, (or for that matter, punch them, kill them, shoot them, etc. etc., but that's) ....war... A lot of civilians will be killed too, including old people, children, women etc...that's....war....too. ISISL and Al Qaeda and other Mideast terrorist empires have declared 'war', that's the choice they have mad and foisted upon us, on the UK, and France, the US, Germany, the EU and whole world. The UK cannot be blamed for 'war crimes' for simply defending itself in Syria or anywhere, against those militarily organized, murders, criminals, dictators, attacking the UK and world in 'jihad' (war).
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.