Bertie is anti-war? I still don’t understand

IF THE Taoiseach is devoted to the ideal of peace and accepts the principles of international law, why did he allow the use of Shannon airport for the invasion of another country?

Why did he oppose the democratic process of the UN in doing so?

Why were banned weapons (napalm) allowed to be carried through our airport? Why has he not opposed this war once? Why won't he condemn the invasion now? Does he not recognise our own constitution?

Is he going to continue to allow Shannon to be used?

I'm one of the "few people who didn't really understand" his anti-war stance. Maybe he'll explain.

While politicians shave thin the principles and rules of law to defend their actions, people are dying. An estimated 1.5 million innocent civilians have died in Iraq since 1991 through economic sanctions, enforced by the US and Britain and supported by the Government through the granting of landing rights at Shannon.

Maybe I don't understand Bertie. How does killing children with cluster bombs, napalm, radioactive depleted uranium shells and, worst of all, sanctions bring about an end to terrorism?

I think it would bring about an unprecedented rise in terrorism and that's the information they left out of their fabricated dossiers justifying war

Paul O'Toole,

11, Thorndale Park,

Artane,

Dublin 5.