Wars disguise the real motives for US interest

I TAKE exception to the letter from Lt Col Bill Hurley, formerly of the US Marines (Irish Examiner, June 13).

There are no ‘America-haters’ on this island. There are, however, plenty of us who take exception to the illegal wars the US is engaged in.

These conflicts include transporting thousands of people for torture (Lt Col Hurley’s coy use of the term ‘arm-twisting’ is disgracefully misleading). Shannon airport is being used for this illegal purpose and all decent Irish people are sickened by this fact.