SIR – You wrote in your comment with reference to 9/11 that “wars to root out terrorists look like wars between different religions and cultures” (Worcester News, September 9).

We are repeatedly told that ‘our’ motives for interfering in the Middle East are fundamentally benign – oil and the arms trade are rarely mentioned.

Terrorism is what the enemy does, and whenever ‘we’ commit a crime, it is generally referred to as “an error of judgement” or “a mistake”’.

It may seem comforting to assure ourselves that ‘we’ are always a force for good in the world, but there is plenty of evidence to suggest otherwise.

NEIL LAURENSON
Worcester Green Party