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Originally posted by Davros:
I think Mark is playing it up as well as sooking it up. If he was doing it from principle then I would have a lot nore respect for his actions (even when I still don't agree with them). Mark is just trying to sway a few voters disgruntled by the bad vibes of Iraq and the scandal concerning the lack of credibility of the intell services in recognising WOMD if they bit them.
Mark is just playing the heartstrings to get elected. The silly thing is that I have no doubt that if he had been in power we would have jumped aboard the GW train as fast as Honest Johnnie.
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Sure Latham is playing the heartstrings to a degree, and he is not subtle enough to do it well is he
But that aside it is dammed annoying and very poor international relations to keep stirring the pot. Both Malcolm Frazer and Paul Keating (Former leaders from both sides of politics) have expressed their displeasure at this constant mud raking by the USA.
I would venture to suggest that few comments on foreign policy are uttered by the USA administration without planning and without evaluating the cause and effect of those statements. That given with the number and consistency of those comments, it can only led one to assume that they are deliberately trying to cause an effect in Australian politics. Whether that effect will prove successful remains to be seen.
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[ 07-10-2004, 08:33 PM: Message edited by: wellard ]