YOUR correspondents David Stubley (Letters, March 25) and Ian Johnstone (Letters, March 30) should move from continual attacks on George W Bush and Tony Blair over the second Iraq war.

They should remember it was Margaret Thatcher who first took the UK into war with Iraq, but it was President Bush and Mr Blair who finally removed a monster from the world.

Saddam Hussein was killing many thousands of his own people .

Mr Blair has never blocked the publication of his written communications with Mr Bush during the Iraq campaign. It was in fact Mr Bush who blocked publication on the grounds they were of a personal nature. Frankly I would suggest most of the British public have no interest or give two hoots about the Chilcott Inquiry. Their concern is about the ever increasing expansion and threat of Islamic State.

Western countries are now reluctant to put boots on the ground to resolve problems like Islamic State because of the attitude of certain people to the second Iraqi war. How many more lives have been lost because of that?

Bruce Duncan,

5 Rosedale Drive, Glasgow.