DragonFlame on Nostr: #auspol #USwar 'In 2003, the then Labor opposition leader, Simon Crean, declared the ...

#auspol #USwar 'In 2003, the then Labor opposition leader, Simon Crean, declared the Iraq war to be “illegal, unnecessary and unjust” when the Howard government joined the US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.

History, of course, has since shown that war was based on a false premise – to dismantle weapons of mass destruction that were never found.

As recently as 2023, the current defence minister, Richard Marles, said he would “definitely support the position that Simon Crean as our Labor leader took then" '

What changed you, Richard Marles?
Being made a Kentucky Colonel?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/07/pms-pragmatism-on-trumps-iran-fury-risks-australia-following-us-into-operation-epic-fail?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other