More Deaths

As the mother of a soldier recently safely returned from Iraq my heart goes out to the families & friends of those killed. Do the people who sent them there not understand that the death of every one of these brave service personnel doesn't just affect their immediate families? It's like throwing a pebble into a pond, the ripples go on & on.

I'm sure that we are all aware by now that this war was started illegally & the fact that we are now expected to put up with the type of behaviour witnessed at the weekend only goes to show that we need to get out of there NOW. The Iraqi people, in the main, do not want us there, & who can blame them? They are an occupied country, I can never forgive or condone what they are doing to our personnel but I do know that if my country were under occupation I would expect somebody to make a stand against those occupying us as the French did during WW2.

Regrettably the trouble between the different sects there is not going to disappear any time in the near future, it's been going on for years, so it is time to leave & let them sort themselves out before we lose any more people in this horrible, futile exercise.