I WRITE as a follow-up to R Lee’s excellent letter (Oxford Mail, March 17), regarding the hypocrisy surrounding our pathetic Government, the US, the EU and even the UN.

If these cowardly bodies are happy with a no-fly zone over Libya why not one over Bahrain, where our friends the Saudis have sent soldiers to bolster the state?

What happened to a no-fly zone over Gaza during operation Cast Lead, which killed hundreds of innocent civilians, including many children?

Maybe, next time that bully Israel bombs the living daylights out of the civilian populations in Gaza or Lebanon, maybe, just maybe, a no-fly zone will be enforced.

Perhaps Gaza and Lebanon should declare huge oil reserves or some other valuable commodity that the West can protect.

Tim W Siret, Millmoor Crescent, Eynsham