THE awesome power unleashed in the Gulf heralds the start of a new dark age in world history. There is an unchallengeable power loose in the world aimed at total domination.

Through this power, the West now brings exhausted soil artificially to life with poisonous chemicals to feed the ever-open mouth of the greedy.

It denies necessities and justice to those who are not members of the club or bombs these non-members into subservience.

It promotes slow-moving convoys of tin boxes that mess up the weather and calls it transport.

And it pulps the brains of the masses with trash media and their bodies with junk food.

The beast is loose. That beast is the United States of America. His hand-maiden is his British lap-dog.

Graham Horne,

Beech Avenue,

Bishopthorpe, York.

...THE USA and Britain have decided to attack Iraq. Such countries as China, France, Germany and Russia refused to support them.

I doubt the conflict in Iraq will last long, but I hope the USA and Britain sustain a few severe bruises before completing their objective.

If, as a result of the war on Iraq, there is damage and lives lost in London, New York or any other British or American locations, then blame George W Bush and Tony Blair.

There would be far less support and sympathy from the rest of the world than there was after September 11, 2001.

Colin S Jeffrey,

East Mount Road, York.

Updated: 10:19 Monday, March 24, 2003