I WOULD just like to say to all those moaning Minnies who are grasping at straws to make up for their own inadequacy: get off Tony Blair’s back. Find another scapegoat for Iraq.

It is another case of short memories to suit their claims.

These people should be reminded that Britain invaded Iraq with the full support of the House of Commons, and public opinion.

They should also be reminded of the glee and celebrations of the people of Iraq after Saddam Hussein was toppled. When our troops pulled out, Iraq was back in the hands of the Iraqi people.

Then, if they have any sense, they might realize that the present trouble in that country has nothing to do with Tony Blair, but lies on the shoulders of the religious extremists and Islamic fanatics whose priorities are to force their religious beliefs on each and everyone at the expense of freedom.

I agree with the latest proposal, not to intervene in the present dispute because, with hindsight, we have been involved in these problems since Richard the Lionheart and never solved one yet, which makes it a waste of time and money.

T Seale, Middlesbrough.

THE Prime Minister raises the spectre of the radical Islamic hordes advancing on cities in Iraq, if unchecked, eventually swarming over our own garden walls to murder us in our beds.

Does this alarming rhetoric sound familiar?

I think it does when one thinks of Saddam’s missiles, reputed to reach Western Europe, not to mention his weapons of mass destruction, neither of which was credible. All of the latter was used by a former Prime Minister to condition the gullible that it was a good idea to send the troops in to sort the blighters out – it wasn’t then and it wouldn’t be this time.

It is time Iraq and other potential trouble areas are left to sort out their own mess without resort to our armed forces and taxpayers money.

I suggest, instead, using the resources to strengthen our leaky borders and prevent those “British subjects” engaged in their jihad in Iraq and other similar conflicts from returning here to cause more trouble.

Chris Greenwell, Darlington.