I vehemently disagree with the suggestion Mr MacMillan made
in his letter about giving tyrants of the Middle East a free hand. His argument was also supported by a factually
incorrect reading of recent history.
Iraq was not a stable and peaceful country. The ruler of that country kept torture
centres running non-stop, violently oppressed minorities and invaded his
neighbours. The alleged utopia of Libya
was also run by a madman who sponsored a list of terrorist groups that would
fill this newspaper's letters column in terms of size.
This toxic and
dishonest line of argument is being pursued by many arm chair strategists to
try and justify isolationism in the face of evil. Who are we to tell people to stop fighting
against tyranny? All countries without
exception have had periods of turbulence on the path to democracy, none of them
without any outside influence. The UK
has undergone several civil wars, abdication crises and rebellions (to name a
few events) and we still do not have a full democracy.
Regards
Zachary Barker
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