Madam, - "Iran's agreement [to have its nuclear facilities inspected by the International Atomic Energy Authority to ensure it is not making weapons of mass destruction\] was a clear gesture to the European policy of engagement and a rejection of the US one of confrontation" (Editorial, January 14th).
I don't think so! Moammar Gadafy of Libya reportedly told Italy's Silvio Berlusconi in September last year, "I will do whatever the Americans want, because I saw what happened in Iraq, and I was afraid."
It is US confrontationalism that has driven Iran's mullahs to European-style engagement. We should thank both sides of the Atlantic for this successful bad-guy, good-guy routine. - Yours, etc.,
TONY ALLWRIGHT, Killiney, Co Dublin.