While I will admit to a personal bias in Beazley's favor -- he has been a friend for more than three decades -- the fact is that his comments seized the attention of all the Americans in the room. Here was someone willing to lay out an alternative strategy aimed at freeing the United States from an all-consuming mess in a way that could leave its influence intact. You have to win, you know, ... You cannot lose the war on terror.
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A deliberate blind eye has been turned here and culpable neglect is what the prime minister here is guilty of. He cannot wash his hands like Pontius Pilate and say it was somebody else's responsibility.Kim Beazley
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And it has to be dealt with - albeit within the framework of what sustains Australian values while we do it,
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Our reform legacy by then had not produced a substantial rise in wages and job opportunities. People saw the hard side of reform but not the gains. Many ... traditional Labor supporters carried the brunt of the change and sheeted home the blame to him.
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a sad moment for the Australian people, who are overwhelmingly opposed to the sale.
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Australian soldiers were sent to fight in Iraq. The Howard government's neglect and turning of a blind eye meant that we funded their enemies.
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