Mission impossible

THE Government must not send an Irish Army contingent to Iraq because they would be targeted and massacred.

Why? Because when the British Army invaded Basra and Nasiriayh the Royal Irish Regiment, formerly the Ulster Defence Regiment, flew the Irish flag.

There are soldiers in this regiment from the Republic, but that does not give them the right to fly the Irish flag as a matter of convenience.

Why should our soldiers lay down their lives for the American oil lobby? The Americans and British made a pre-emptive strike against the wishes of the UN so it is now up to them to sort out their mess, and at their own expense. The UN should not go into Iraq unless the US and Britain clear out.

Eleanor Ronayne,

Ardnagashel,

Bantry,

Co Cork.