U’ve rendered me speechless…

Don’t get used to it.

Howard gives precious little cause for praise, but fair’s fair.

I agree, weez: it’s nice to feel that our miliatry is being used for a right reason this time.

John has certainly done good in this case, for which he has my full appreciation. However, I still find him a wretched, deplorable little man. A pity his responses to other human right issues were not as quick, efficient and respectful of human rights. The MV Tampa and and a leaking boat called Palapa is just one incident that springs to mind. I was going to list some more but there were so many it was too difficult to prioritise.

Weez,
You might be interested in reading this. This might be a useful analysis regarding political tumult in Timor and Australia.

http://nautilus.org/~rmit/forum-reports/0618a-tanter.html

cheers
citu

Thanks for that, citu. Reading now.

My praise for Howard was limited to the forethought applied to putting the troops in position; I certainly don’t think Howard has the answers for the in East Timor. Gusmao and Ramos Horta are the go-to guys for sorting this one out.