Gulfstream

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3710946.stm “Australians hold anti-war rallies.” 1. However messy Iraq might be, the situation doesn’t seem to have reached the level of war. Were any of the protestors actually describing it is such, or is this just the BBC making things up? 2. How does bringing the troops back now help Iraq? Fine, you didn’t want to send troops in the first place. But to bring them back is petulance, not good judgement. (Arguing that it’s to make Australia safer is not only probably factually incorrect, but unbecoming and cowardly—sometimes the right thing to do help others, even if it puts you at risk.) I would still have voted Labor had I been able to, but with less pleasure… 07:10