Are we such a gutless nation that we are not willing to entertain a minuscule risk to ourselves to put an end to the horrendous activities of Isis?

When Germany invaded Poland in 1939 did the British say: 'Let us not do anything to offend Hitler unless he attacks us?:

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had already tried that unsuccessfully.

The soldiers are more than willing to go there. That's why they joined the Army. They want to prove there worth.

When the Korean War broke out in 1950 my shipmates and I in the Royal New Zealand Navy were only too willing to go north and fulfil the role for which we were trained.Every sailor was a volunteer to serve.

I deplore those politicians who would make political capital by suggesting we have no responsibility for that part of the world and that in becoming involved we are only becoming pawns to the United States and Europe.

Bryan Johnson, Omokoroa.