Madam, - John Neligan (June 13th) implies that unless a country is a "brutal dictatorship that supports global terrorism" they are not in danger from the USA.
This wishful thinking obviously does not extend to Venezuela.
What terrible things have they done to incur the wrath of the Americans?
Well yes, the country's leader Hugo Chavez has spoken out against the Bush administration but he has also made the extraordinary promise to offer cut-rate heating oil for needy families in Europe and America.
Of course this generosity has been heralded a "terrorist tactic" by Bush and Venezuela is very much in danger of an attempted coup.
Not all America's enemies are dictatorships.
We should all know that by now. - Yours, etc,
BRIAIN GLEESON, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co Dublin.