On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:20:18 GMT, WaIIy wrote:

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:02:46 +1000, Peter Hendra
wrote:

Forgive me all for this forthcoming sin but I suppose that you have similar
problems to shrub and his friends - Blair and Deputy Sherrif Howard in their
concept of what constitutes "evidence" - eg. "weapons of mass destruction"

Really, is there any need to make negative comments such as this?

You asked your own question and revealed your agenda all a few
sentences.

Actually, I have no agenda. I merely object to the bull**** that we are fed by
the media from the politicians.

When Australia invaded east Timor in a purely humanitarian gesture to "save the
poor East Timorese", we in Australia had to pay an extra "war tax". What most
people did not realise at the time was that plans had already been drawn up for
the building of a refinery at Darwin to cater for the expected oil from east
Timor of which nothing appeared in the media. One month after the troops
arrived, an agreement was signed by the new government. For years Australia had
kept its hands off the former Portugese colony. When the Indonesians invaded,
when 5 Australian journalists were killed by the military, when thousands of
people were slaughtered etc, etc. not a word of protest was heard. as soon as
there was evidence of oil, they sent in the troops. Why tax us and not the oil
companies.

Perhaps you should bear in mind that your president is defacto, also ours yet we
cannot vote in the American presidential elections. What he and his
administration does influences us in the rest of the world to a very large
degree - eg Middle East foreign policy, carbon emissions etc . I cannot
understand why, when anyone makes any comment that may be remotely misconstrued
as a criticism of US foreign policy, paranoia such as yours leaps to the fore. I
have heard Rumsfield stating on CNN that yes, the US gave Sadam the Weapons of
mass destruction and have read in US magazines that they also gave them the
chemiocal weapons to fight Iran (Sadam was once considered a good US ally), yet
we are still; fed bull****. I have met few anywhere, even in the Middle east who
wished him to stay in power. Why not admit to the lies and admit that it was all
for oil? Remember, Australia also invaded alongside the US and Britain. I am an
Australian as well as a New Zealand citizen and feel that I am permitted to
criticise my own government.

For the record, I am not anti-American, quite the contrary. I am looking forward
to sailing along your eastern coastline next year. Perhaps you should wear a hat
when out in the sun so as not to redden your neck.