British Troops under American Orders? No Thank You

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What is this I hear in the news? The Americans may ask the British Army to help them out in Iraq. In addition they are expected to be under orders from the Americans.

No thank you, I say. I have seen enough of American decisions in the last war. I was in the RAF and some of the decisions were catastrophic, they bombed wrong targets, even bombed our own troops.

Converse with any ex-Army soldier and they will most certainly give it the thumbs down as they had plenty of the same.

They are shouting for our help because they cannot cope.

I hope Tony Blair does not turn soft on them and allow them to take over. Our lads have done their job, do not let them go and do theirs.

NORMAN WARDLE,

Surely we must rid ourselves of the Blair government

I AM at a loss to understand how or why this government remains in power. Regardless of the perceived merits or faults of the opposition parties, surely we must rid ourselves of Blair's lot.

If the council demolishes your new home by mistake or the hospital mislays your baby, mere apology is simply not good enough. Just multiply these little hiccups by the price of Tony's new house and you may get an idea of how bad the Blair government is, but …