DESMOND FENNELL,
Sir, - Before Germany invaded Czechoslovakia and Poland, Hitler made fiery speeches about the dangers posed by those countries to Germans living within their borders. It is interesting to compare President Bush's speeches about the danger posed by Iraq to Americans living in America. Invasions dressed up as "pre-emptive strikes" are nothing new.
The fact is that an aggressive, militaristic power has appeared once again in the West, and the choice, now as then, is between resistance and appeasement. Once again, a British prime minister is leading the appeasement camp. Yet how often have we been told that "the next time" an aggressor will be "stopped in time"? - Yours, etc.,
DESMOND FENNELL, Anguillara, Rome.