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President Bush's state visit at this time clearly illustrates the extent to which he is out of touch with reality. A president who has emphasised weapons of mass destruction, then democracy for Iraq, and now seeks a quick exit from his disastrous unilateralism, deserves massive demonstrations. I encourage your readers to actively welcome our president by showing massive opposition to his disastrous adventurism in Iraq.
Edward Kale
(Former chaplain, Liverpool University), Duluth, Minnesota

We were going to spend next summer in London, but in view of your national hatred for our commander-in-chief, I think we will spend our hard-earned dollars in the US. Europeans have very short memories.
Mr and Mrs Roger Crane
South Carolina, USA

The US "our oldest ally" (Letters, November 14)? It's Portugal, under the treaty of Windsor (1386).
Tim Footman
Bangkok, Thailand

I intend to go to the demo next week. In a crowd of that size, there's bound to be a fair quantity of dropped change.
Jeremy Dore
Coggeshall, Essex

I have a question about ID cards that nobody has answered yet. What does the D stand for?
Philip Pullman
Oxford

The one glaring omission in your top 40 film directors is Spike Lee. I never realised his importance while in England, but now, as a film student in the US, I understand his influence in shaping modern cinema. From Do The Right Thing and He Got Game to the recent satire Bamboozled, Lee is a consistently innovative filmmaker, with an auteur's vision and a voice that speaks for many.
Zak Shaikh
USC Production

[The Guardian, 15/06/03]