Your editorial : {"John Le Carre's gospel" Jan. 7} fulfills John Le Carre's anticipated attacks on his stand critical of American and Israeli policies in the Middle East. Regardless of Saddam Hussein's crimes against his people, The US invasion of Iraq is an illegitmate neo-colonial war for oil, as articulated not only by Mr. le Carre but by countless international intellectuals and informed statesmen, as well as many European and world governments. The placards of "No Blood for oil", carried by millions of demonstrators in North America, Europe and throughout the world, confirm this universal testimony about American true intentions in their war agains Iraq.