Ivor Caplin (The Argus, March 15) says he does not want war but failure to attack Saddam Hussein will lead to "much more conflict and bloodshed in the end".

Some of us protested against Saddam Hussein when he was gassing the Kurds ten years ago. Tony Blair did not. The UK and US governments supplied Saddam with the weapons.

Life and politics are about choices: Would you rather spend the UK's estimated war costs of £3.5 billion and £20 billion of US money on war in Iraq or on the war against poverty?

Which is the greatest evil - the 25,000 children who die every day in the world through lack of food and water or the repressive regime in Iraq?

Which key problem should focus the attention of the international community - relieving Iraq of its wretched regime or solving the Israel-Palestine conflict?

By their choices, the US and UK governments must be judged.

There are lots of horrible dictators in the world and most of them are propped up and armed by the US and UK governments.

This war is about the US wanting to enforce a new world order and to secure Western control of Iraqi oil. It is illegal in international law.

It will increase the likelihood of international terrorism. By UN estimates, up to 100,000 Iraqis, mainly women and children, will be casualties.

The case for war must always be proved beyond reasonable doubt. It has not been.

-Davy Jones, Ditchling Road, Brighton