Our Prime Minister said this week that we would sent military staff to Syria
and/or Iraq because this is the cost of being in the club.

The club being ‘Five Eyes' the so called intelligence-sharing club of the USA, Britain, Canada, Australia and us.

He also said that they would come to our aid if invaded.

Who would invade us? The Chinese, I doubt it they already own much of the place and could simply buy the rest with the Prime Minister's blessing.

The USA, well they have invaded far more countries than any one else in the last 50 years so it's a possibility they already spy upon us with Government Communications Security Bureau's help.

Indonesia, it has a bigger prize, Australia on it's doorstep.

New Zealand has no quarrel with Syria and/or Iraq, so why get involved in this contrived attempt at regime change in Syria?

We were once a proud nation that stood up for it's principles - whether popular or not internationally. Not any more; we are the toy poodle of the USA.

Watch how we vote on the United Nations' Security Council. Will our service personnel have to forfeit their lives, as happened in Afghanistan, to pay the green fees for John Key to play golf at the club with President Obama?

P Dolden, Papamoa.