Sir - In your editorial on 26th September, you wrote that ‘there is a moral imperative to stop in its tracks a movement (Isis) glorying in barbarity’ and you praised Barack Obama for ‘taking a lead against this ‘Network of Death’’.

By sanctioning more bombing, our government has helped to expand this ‘Network of Death’ – it has been reported that more than 6,000 fighters have joined Isis since the bombardment began.

The humanitarian arguments used by yourself and politicians in parliament to justify the latest round of bombing could, if consistently applied, be used to justify an air war against Israel: 2,100 Palestinians were killed during ‘Operation Protective Edge’, including people taking shelter in schools and hospitals.

Of course, it is absurd to demand that people should be bombed in order to save people when there are political solutions available.

Neil Laurenson

Worcester