Bravo to Australia’s John Howard
From National Review’s Corner,
This quickie transcript was just sent to me by someone who described it as “a direct, devastating bitch-slap to the nonsense that the U.S., Britain and Australia brought this on themselves from any other leader”:
Can I just say very directly, Paul, on the issue of the policies of my government and indeed the policies of the British and American governments on Iraq, that the first point of reference is that once a country allows its foreign policy to be determined by terrorism, it’s given the game away, to use the vernacular. And no Australian government that I lead will ever have policies determined by terrorism or terrorist threats, and no self-respecting government of any political stripe in Australia would allow that to happen.
Can I remind you that the murder of 88 Australians in Bali took place before the operation in Iraq.
And I remind you that the 11th of September occurred before the operation in Iraq.
Can I also remind you that the very first occasion that bin Laden specifically referred to Australia was in the context of Australia’s involvement in liberating the people of East Timor. Are people by implication suggesting we shouldn’t have done that?
I read this earlier today and then saw it on TV tonight and let me tell you, the description at the top is quite fitting. I wish Bush would be, or could be, more direct.
July 22nd, 2005 at 11:22 am
the liberal mindset is as a big an opponent as the terrorists. i like your term, domestic insurgents.
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