The USA continues to be intent on maintaining its blatant interference and coercion in the affairs of other sovereign countries purely it would seem for the sole purpose of financial gain, whilst at the same time having the knock on effect of destabilising their economies.

Indeed with Germany being our major European trading partner, its current manufacturing malaise is bound to effect this country, which goes to show just how stupid it was for the EU to give in to unjustifiable USA demands for sanctions against Russia, thus adding to the already dire financial problems there.

It would now appear many companies in the EU are having major regrets concerning sanctions imposed upon Russia, along with one of our major companies in the UK, namely JCB and its chairman Lord Bamford, having stated on the 5 August 2014 that the unreasonable sanctions would lose the company millions of pounds in exports, with the possible knock on effect of the loss of workers jobs. It should also be known that JCB is not the only UK Company suffering, as last week the Derby engine division of Rolls Royce blamed its profits warning on the sanctions.

Many of the poorer EU nations are also suffering, particularly from losing their lucrative fruit exports to Russia. Indeed many EU nations now regret having bowed to US pressure for sanctions, as most of them could do without the loss of trade with Russia at a time when their economies are still struggling since the US banking crisis of 2008, which spread around the world and continues to cause such financial problems.

It is surely time to stop blindly following the USA and NATO deliberately induced destabilisation and resultant wars in sovereign countries around the world, as the gainers are primarily their giant arms and oil corporations that are doing very nicely out of it, thank you. However, conversely this does not help the USA national debt, as they are at the same time using these arms in flexing their muscles around the planet.

GA Woodward Nelson Street Swindon