Relief over Saddam’s demise

THE EDITOR: It is difficult to understand what Newsday’s editorial writer would have preferred to the US-led attack to remove Saddam.

His continued brutal oppression? His periodic attacks against neighbouring countries? His living in excessive luxury while Iraqi children starved? His gassing tens of thousands of fellow Iraqi citizens? His destruction not only of the southern marsh Arabs thousand-year-old way of life but complete destruction of an ecosystem by his wanton vandalism of draining the marshes? I hope your editorial writer has seen images of crowds of Iraqis welcoming the coalition forces and demonstrating their relief that Saddam has been removed from power.

GEOFF HUDSON
Port-of-Spain