Messrs Bush and Blair should forthwith abandon their war threats on Saddam Hussein and order, through the UN, the immediate withdrawal of all weapons inspectors deployed in Iraq (they will not find any weapons of mass destruction in any event).

Our premier and the US president should then wait until any illegal weapons are actually used before taking any punitive action.

However, in the meantime, may I offer up one simple prayer: "Please, Lord, don't let me be victim of a belligerent first attack."

-Bryan A Wallis, Mapleleaf Gardens, Polegate