Britain and the United States have been planning a war with Iraq for months and I feel no matter what Iraq does now or in the near future is going to make any difference to the outcome.

The whole episode concerning the UN inspectors was just a ploy into making the world think that democracy is alive and well. There was never any intention to avert war. Saddam Hussein was going to be toppled whether the world liked or not.

UN resolutions have no bearing on whether a man is guilty or not. It seems Britain and the US can pick and choose which UN resolutions it wishes to enforce. Countless UN resolutions have been broken and countless murderers have been allowed to escape by the very same leaders who are aiming to fight this war in the name of freedom and democracy.

As for our own Prime Minister and local MP Jack Straw the less said the better because their voices only echo that of George Bush..

M Miah

Walter St

Blackburn