Sir, - Some of my fellow citizens amaze me. The campaign in Afghanistan is a war not against the Afghan people but a war against the Taliban, which must share responsibility for the World Trade Center and Pentagon outrages. I respectfully suggest to those who condemn the United States to try and walk in the shoes of those Americans who have suffered from the September 11th attacks. Perhaps then they may glean some understanding of why the United States has responded as it has done.
Second, to paraphrase an Irish saying "faraway refugees are to be pitied", but let them dare seek asylum on Irish shores and the current well of sympathy will undoubtedly dry up".
Baseball cap and Coca-Cola loving hypocrites! - Yours, etc.,
Richard Romer, Ennis, Co Clare.