I Know Him Not

The Government and Opposition have both been in the wars lately re their associations with persons of dubious character. As a candidate in the next Federal election I thought I too should set the record straight.

The Prime Minister is a distant relative by marriage. He is also the man who committed Australian troops to the illegal war in Iraq. (Click here and here if you still believe it was UN sanctioned). He also has acquiesced in the US’s barbaric treatment of David Hicks. Unlike the US, Australia does recognize the International Criminal Court and the International War Crimes Tribunal. If anyone was game to charge the PM with war crimes the Tribunal would almost certainly be obliged to find him guilty. ( Click here and here for others’ opinions on this statement).

For the record I would like to state that I have never had any form of meeting with John Howard, not even socially at a family function and I certainly have not provided him with a reference.