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Wake Latham's brain by Christmas ...
Now you have to hand it to former bovver and Labor headkicker
Mark Latham for taking the political fight up to the Prime
Monster Johnno Howard.
Latham has revived an ailing party and come up with a few
ideas that - if nothing else - have put a bit of life back
into Canberra.
But his idea to bring Australian troops home from Iraq by
Christmas seems to be not only being cowardly, but also historically
demented.
Spain - of the heroic fighting qualities fame - has chickened
out of the coalition in Iraq following the Madrid train bombings.
It won't bring their dead back and will not make them any
less of a target.
Australia always was going to be a target courtesy of the
loonies up north in Indonesia and withdrawing troops will
just signal to terrorists they can win by inspiring fear.
They cannot be allowed to and we must make our stand together
with other nations who are prepared to fight them.
Now back to my historically demented comment. How many times
in history have we heard "The boys will be home by Christmas."
Most famously that was used in August 1914 when the British
Expeditionary Force headed off to World War One. Four years
and a million souls later, the BEF got home for Xmas 1918.
No thanks Latham.
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