Letter: Iraq sanctions

Sir: Three cheers for John Pilger and your newspaper for not being afraid to expose the true consequences of American foreign policy around the globe. If killing the innocent is promoting freedom and democracy perhaps we ought to look more closely at the definitions of words. As for our "friends", who needs friends who use armed force against any country which is not prepared to act as a poodle? Those of us who were in the armed forces during the Second World War were told we were fighting against tyranny. Who are the tyrants now?

JOHN KENNEDY

Oxford