Letter: Bombing history
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Sir: We must stop bombing Iraq. The UK government must pull out our forces and urge the US to do the same. Aside from overwhelming humanitarian arguments, the heritage of Western civilisation lies under the sands of Iraq, and it has been plundered continuously since the Gulf war.
The Iraqis used to be proud guardians of their ancient cities, the most famous of which is Babylon, but UN sanctions have had their price. Unfortunately since 1991 looting of entirely undocumented sites, amongst the most important ancient settlements found, is already leading to the deletion of history, perhaps rendering us incapable of answering crucial questions about the past.
Iraq is the land where Christianity, Judaism and Islam have their common roots and where Abraham lived in the city of Ur around the 3rd millennium BC. We owe it to future generations to find and pass on that history - not bomb it from the record.
STEFAN WICKHAM
London W1
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments