THE people that agree with the situation in Iraq must hold themselves accountable for the deaths of all people killed.

We must ask ourselves many questions. Could we have waited longer? Were people in this country or America threatened directly by any action from Iraq? How many people in North Yorkshire will be killed? How many children? Where are the weapons of mass destruction? To some of these questions we have the answers already. But what will historians make of this questionable war?

It is always innocent people that suffer the most. We offer aid and support after we have killed and destroyed, there are a great deal of countries with despotic leaders, is it the duty of the United States and the United Kingdom to deal with them all?

Attacking a country which has not attacked us or does not pose a threat to us, is not a respectable way to behave in this world. There are many wrongs that need to be rectified. War is not the answer. After it is all over, the dead are buried, the hearts are broken, the country's in ruins. We must ask ourselves to remember what is written on all war memorials. Lest we forget.

Nick Durkin,

Holgate Road,

York.

Updated: 16:58 Friday, April 11, 2003