welcome to Hypocrisy, the happiest holiday of the year
Mr Woolcott made the comments during a speech at the University of Newcastle's annual Human Rights and Social Justice lecture this afternoon.
He branded the Iraq war a "disaster", saying the Prime Minister seemed unable to admit the obvious.
"The Iraq war has been a disaster and has substantially increased the terrorist threat Mr Howard said it would reduce," he said.
"The aim of foreign and defence policy is to make Australia secure - ironically some of our policies have placed Australians at greater risk."
Mr Woolcott called on the government to come up with an exit strategy.
"The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, having made such a catastrophic foreign and security policy blunder, are now trapped in a dilemma of their own making," he said.
CHENEY: Well, I think there’s some natural level of concern out there because in fact, you know, it wasn’t over instantaneously. It’s been a little over three years now since we went into Iraq, so I don’t think it’s surprising that people are concerned.
On the other hand, this government has only been in office about five months, five or six months now. They’re off to a good start. It is difficult, no question about it, but we’ve now got over 300,000 Iraqis trained and equipped as part of their security forces. They’ve had three national elections with higher turnout than we have here in the United States. If you look at the general overall situation, they’re doing remarkably well.
It’s still very, very difficult, very tough. Nobody should underestimate the extent to which we’re engaged there with this sort of, at present, the “major front” of the war on terror. That’s what Osama bin Laden says, and he’s right.
Nobel Prize for Inconsistent Blogging: winner: me
its now "un-austrlian" to even suggest sensible land management.
can a mule survive in 40 acres of desert?
"I think this is a time when we have all got to act as Australians, because this is Australia, we are all in this together and those who would say farmers should be leaving the land, I think it's very un-Australian." Nationals MP Bruce Scott.
i love a sunburnt fukwit in a land devoid of change
where rugged mountain ranges are bulldozed into plains.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/dont-pay-farmers-to-leave-land-nats/2006/10/17/1160850904763.html
Corporate responsibility anyone?
Anvil Mining, a Perth-based company that operates a copper and silver mine in Congo, was found by a 2005 United Nations investigation to have provided "logistical support" to the forces, and contributed to "the payment of a certain number of soldiers".
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/judge-urges-prosecution-over-congo-massacre/2006/10/16/1160850874087.html
maybe someone will be charged with industrial sabotage at Bhopal someday, or would murder/manslaughter, or serial killing be more appropriate?
Now how would the new ABC charter affect the telling of this story?
He branded the Iraq war a "disaster", saying the Prime Minister seemed unable to admit the obvious.
"The Iraq war has been a disaster and has substantially increased the terrorist threat Mr Howard said it would reduce," he said.
"The aim of foreign and defence policy is to make Australia secure - ironically some of our policies have placed Australians at greater risk."
Mr Woolcott called on the government to come up with an exit strategy.
"The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, having made such a catastrophic foreign and security policy blunder, are now trapped in a dilemma of their own making," he said.
CHENEY: Well, I think there’s some natural level of concern out there because in fact, you know, it wasn’t over instantaneously. It’s been a little over three years now since we went into Iraq, so I don’t think it’s surprising that people are concerned.
On the other hand, this government has only been in office about five months, five or six months now. They’re off to a good start. It is difficult, no question about it, but we’ve now got over 300,000 Iraqis trained and equipped as part of their security forces. They’ve had three national elections with higher turnout than we have here in the United States. If you look at the general overall situation, they’re doing remarkably well.
It’s still very, very difficult, very tough. Nobody should underestimate the extent to which we’re engaged there with this sort of, at present, the “major front” of the war on terror. That’s what Osama bin Laden says, and he’s right.
Nobel Prize for Inconsistent Blogging: winner: me
its now "un-austrlian" to even suggest sensible land management.
can a mule survive in 40 acres of desert?
"I think this is a time when we have all got to act as Australians, because this is Australia, we are all in this together and those who would say farmers should be leaving the land, I think it's very un-Australian." Nationals MP Bruce Scott.
i love a sunburnt fukwit in a land devoid of change
where rugged mountain ranges are bulldozed into plains.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/dont-pay-farmers-to-leave-land-nats/2006/10/17/1160850904763.html
Corporate responsibility anyone?
Anvil Mining, a Perth-based company that operates a copper and silver mine in Congo, was found by a 2005 United Nations investigation to have provided "logistical support" to the forces, and contributed to "the payment of a certain number of soldiers".
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/judge-urges-prosecution-over-congo-massacre/2006/10/16/1160850874087.html
maybe someone will be charged with industrial sabotage at Bhopal someday, or would murder/manslaughter, or serial killing be more appropriate?
Now how would the new ABC charter affect the telling of this story?
posted by the bluhamster at 11:54 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home