From Simon Birnstingl
I do get tired of people who decry major projects because “The money could be so much better spent…” alleviating the ills of humanity (Letters, 22 April, p 20 and others). Such comments are usually about Big Science or people in space.
There’s an elephant in the room, though, isn’t there? Our government has so far spent about £13 billion on its silly little adventure in Iraq. The Pentagon budget is nearly $500 billion! What we could do with that!
Upper Beeding, West Sussex, UK
