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For too long the West allowed Iran's monstrous regime to act with impunity
SIR – For decades, the West has indulged and appeased the regime in Iran. But appeasement merely defers the inevitable, while the cost of the eventual reckoning escalates in both human and financial terms.
The robust action taken by Israel against Iran's nuclear facilities and senior military figures ( June 13) has humiliated the regime while highlighting the spinelessness of Western leaders.
Alan Tomlinson
Cheadle, Cheshire
SIR – The world talks. Israel acts.
Brian Gedalla
London N3
SIR – Irrespective of the widespread criticism of the almost total destruction of Gaza, Israel was right to strike Iran, which is unlikely ever to abandon its nuclear weapons programme through negotiations.
The British Government should not be calling for de-escalation, because the world would become a far more dangerous place if Israel and Iran both had nuclear weapons.
Rear Admiral Philip Mathias (retd)
Southsea, Hampshire
