I TOO abhor the way the Burmese generals are behaving and the way governments are letting them do so.

But, I should like to ask Hugh Pender (HAS, May 17) if he could provide us with a list of those governments that the US has brought down and indicate which were democratic at the time?

Also, I wonder if he could provide accurate figures for the number of innocent Iraqis killed by the Allies, in contrast to the number killed by other Iraqis and by terrorists from other countries?

Derek Thornton, Stanley Crook, Co Durham.