WITH reference to Derrick Somerfield's testy letter from Australia admonishing David James for not acknowledging that all Bush/Blair's argument on Iraq is based on propaganda.

He goes on to tell us that, if the USA doesn't approve of any country's leader, then they try and discredit him/her. So what!

Wake up, Mr Somerfield. The practice is a fact of life and, believe it or not, the USA is not the sole perpetrator.

I did note, Mr Somerfield, that you, correctly, did not include Australia in the list of countries which you claim the CIA already have actively discredited former leaders. The inference being that there was no need for either the CIA or any other covert organisation to interfere with the Australian leaders' assassination of characters. The array of people that have led Australia managed to discredit themselves without any third party involvement.

Peter Inch

Lexington

Kentucky, USA