HOW will retaliation by bombing innocent people (who probably don't even know their country is harbouring terrorists) do anything but exacerbate the situation?

Are these terrorists without conscience going to feel guilty because innocent people are being slaughtered in their own country? They didn't care about the number of Muslims who were travelling in the hijacked planes or who worked in the buildings they destroyed.

If Mr Blair supports any such action, it won't be with the support of most people in this country. What would he be unleashing? Many feel as I do, and we should all speak up.

Jean Glover,

Bishopthorpe Road,

Updated: 10:19 Thursday, September 27, 2001