Nato invasion

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/04/nato-invasion

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We feel as if we are living in a military state here, with warships in Cardiff Bay and armed police on the streets patrolling steel fences, and gates across the high street to defend Cardiff Castle (Report, 4 September). President Obama flew in from Estonia having promised the Baltic states a blank cheque. How could a Labour government in Wales countenance this? Nato powers are discredited by invading Iraq without a UN resolution and without waiting for the UN weapons inspectors to finish their task, in stark contrast with their unqualified support for the oil-rich Sunni tyranny in Saudi Arabia that has aided and abetted jihadists in Syria. The only way to tackle the grave threat to world peace posed by Islamic State is through the UN, by putting Nato forces at the disposal of a UN peacekeeping force. The end of the Nato threat to Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Crimea would make it possible for western and eastern Europe to work together for peace in the Middle East, where we continue to pick up the pieces from the first world war one hundred years on. Britain’s future security lies in a united Europe, not in clinging to the coat tails of empire as the 51st state.Margaret PhelpsPenarth, Vale of Glamorgan