By killing terrorists in Syria, David Cameron protected British citizens

SIR – David Cameron is right when he says his foremost duty is the protection of Britain and its citizens. That he has now authorised positive action in Syria against those who would bring murder and mayhem to Britain’s streets is to be welcomed and commended (report, August 8).

Predictably, the Labour Party has condemned the action. The Prime Minister should stand firm, knowing that he has the vast majority of the public behind him on this issue.

Ray Cox

Coat, Somerset SIR – Terrorists are at the cutting edge of asymmetric warfare. They strike mainly civilian, high-profile targets and they have to be dealt with whenever intelligence makes it possible to do so.

That the jihadists killed in an air strike on the Syrian city of Raqqa last month were British citizens only made the threat they posed more credible.

Brian Seage

Liskeard, Cornwall SIR – My dictionary defines “treason” as “violation by a subject of his allegiance to his sovereign or to the state”. The jihadist Reyaad Khan forfeited his right to British citizenship by his actions, as have many others.

Rita Morris

Holsworthy, Devon SIR – David Cameron asked Parliament for permission to conduct air strikes in Syria. What part of the answer “no” didn’t he understand?

Martin Burgess

Beckenham, Kent SIR – The decision from members of the European Union to accept migrants from war-torn Syria is to be applauded.

Pressure now needs to be applied to the League of Arab States to do more. Saudi Arabia has no plans to take any Syrian refugees, for instance.

Dave Mathewson

Sandhurst, Berkshire take 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years.

The reception and accommodation of 20,000 people is a project that requires planning, costing, risk assessment, management and control if it is to be successful.

Who is going to be given the resources to carry this out?

Ian Ling

Ware, Hertfordshire SIR – When the East End and south London were bombed during the Second World War, tens of thousands were left homeless. The solution was to build temporary prefabricated houses, designed to last five years.

Surely a similar scheme could be set up today on brownfield sites, many with existing water, drainage, electricity and gas supplies, for at least some of the refugees and asylum seekers.

After all, we bombed some of them out of their homes in the first place.

Greg Morris

London SE4