Posted by Kevin Bates I'm glad they are all home in one piece. I am astonished at how easily we accept that they took part in a one-sided war which cost thousands of lives - both military and civilian. Even though the Saddam Hussein regime was toppled, Saddam himself has not been found,and the much-promised weapons of mass destruction are nowhere in sight. It really is a sad joke - one of my colleagues has described the war as nothing more than "a turkey shoot" - The Iraqies really had no hope - and we all knew it. While our service personnel apparently conducted themselves "professionally" and ethically, within the mandate they wee given, I wonder what many of their hearts are saying. The given reasons for starting this war have not been accomplished. Only the purposes that were layered under the surface of the US's rhetoric appear to have been achieved. Again, the spirit of our nation has been diminished by a Government that shows no breadth of policy or depth of humanity.
on May 18, 2003, 5:40 pm
This week we've seen the Prime Minister welcoming home some of our troops from the conflict in Iraq with great alacrity. IN doing so, he has trumpeted again his belief that this was a "just cause", and claims to speak for all Australians in welcoming home our service personnel.
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