Letter: Send in the troops

Sir: Much has been made of the fact that the current bombing of Serbia is the first time Nato has attacked a sovereign state. True, but the US - senior and heavyweight member of Nato - has a history of doing just that. Vietnam, and more recently Iraq, the unjustified bombing of the Sudan pharmaceutical factory. All have failed to achieve their objectives.

It is time that the equation USA equals Nato equals UN - commonly held in the US - is seen for what it is: might is right.

There will be winners from this war - the arms dealers and manufacturers.

HUGH BARRETT

Halesworth, Suffolk