WELL, it just goes to show how infatuated Julian Thake has become with the Americans (You Say, April 7).

So much so that he had the nerve to accuse the Rev D G Griffin and myself of making petty prejudices and empty accusations.

He also claimed that after Pearl Harbour, America could have stayed out of the war in Europe. That's like saying hyenas are not opportunistic predators.

In world percentage terms, America has four per cent of the population and produces 25 per cent of the pollution.They back-peddled on the Kyoto climate protocol and, during last year's summit meeting, America wanted to buy some of the developing countries' pollution quota.

L SPITERI, Worcester.