Iraq and US elections

Madam, - So, after all the trouble, destruction and death, we have come full circle with Bush and Blair now begging the UN to…

Madam, - So, after all the trouble, destruction and death, we have come full circle with Bush and Blair now begging the UN to get involved in Iraq ostensibly to facilitate the timetable for the handover of (non-military) powers but in reality to save Bush's election timetable. Let us hope that the UN responds in kind to the way Bush has treated it in the recent past. - Yours, etc.,

JOE MURPHY, The Square, Skerries, Co Dublin.