Missing the point

JOSEPH Griffin (Irish Examiner letters, April 29) declared that it was sickening that the UN and EU did not stand up to Al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden, and described the US and the UK as “strong and just” for doing so.

Wed, 05 May, 2004 - 01:00

Unfortunately, like Bush and Blair, he completely overlooked the fact that they have precisely not done that; instead they went after the oil and Saddam, two completely separate entities totally unconnected to the terrorist attacks on New York and Madrid. The UN has been proven 100% correct.

Liam Byrne,

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