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Tony Abbott: The Moral Case For The Howard Government

Jan 23, 2004

The Minister for Health, Tony Abbott, has delivered a speech to Young Liberals defending the Howard government on moral grounds.

Abbott claimed: “There is a moral case to be made for the policies of the Howard Government such as Work for the Dole, the war in Iraq, the mandatory detention of illegal boat people along with much else which is supposed to indicate its heartlessness. But it’s a much harder and more complex argument than that which holds that the proper role of government is to play the Good Samaritan on an epic scale.” [Read more…]

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A Child’s Guide To United States Foreign Policy

Jul 19, 2003

Satire

This piece is currently floating around cyberspace.

Q: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq?

A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction honey.

Q: But the inspectors didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction.

A: That’s because the Iraqis were hiding them. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Bush, Foreign Policy - USA, Iraq-Afghanistan Tagged With: , , , ,

Colin Powell’s Address To The United Nations Security Council On Iraq

Feb 06, 2003

This is the transcript of the Address to the United Nations Security Council by the United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell.

Text of US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s Address to the United Nations Security Council on Iraq.

Colin PowellThank you, Mr President.

Mr President, Mr Secretary-General, distinguished colleagues, I would like to begin by expressing my thanks for the special effort that each of you made to be here today.

This is an important day for us all as we review the situation with respect to Iraq and its disarmament obligations under UN Security Council Resolution 1441. [Read more…]

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Simon Crean’s Address To Parliament On Iraq

Feb 04, 2003

This is the prepared text of Opposition Leader Simon Crean’s Address to the House of Representatives on Iraq.

Simon Crean statement to the House of Representatives on Iraq.

The statement by the Prime Minister is his argument for war, not a plan for peace.

It only took the Prime Minister until only the second page of his statement to conclude that the only possible outcome is war.

There are several things on which we agree. [Read more…]

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