Theos-Talk Archives (March 2003 Message tt00255)

> Mr Wilkie, a former army officer, says a war against
> Iraq would be bad policy and that Australia's
> position
> is based on incomplete information.
> 


Mic: he actually said it was a "dumb" policy


> Today he said vilification for his stance had
> already
> begun....
> 
> "I think it's (vilification) already started, in
> some
> ways," he told ABC Radio.
> 


John Howard, the PM, ordered his ministers not to make
any personal attacks. One did and he, not so much
being censured, was told to watch what he was saying.
The Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer (who, mind you,
once ran for PM but was virtually laughed out of the
race - for those of you who have heard him speak
you'll definitely know why), replied by saying that
every person was entitled to his/her opinion. Fair
enough.



> 
> "It's going to hurt ONA a lot, and I regret that.
> 
> "But I think there some issues that are bigger than
> those sorts of concerns."
> 


Mic: It's good to see someone still has balls in the
public service.


> 
> Mr Wilkie today said Iraq did not pose a security
> threat to any country, its military was weak and its
> weapons of mass destruction program disjointed and
> contained.
> 
> The Iraq problem was unrelated to the war on terror,
> he said. 
> 
> While Iraq was a rogue state, the Iraq problem was
> more related to US domestic politics and US
> credibility, he said.
> 


Mic: And there it is. I hope that our American
counterparts comment on this because, basically, one
of their closest Allies' top intelligence officer
asserts that the impending war on Iraq has nothing to
do with terrorism BUT with American domestic politics.






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