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I don't know too much about economics, there were interesting points raised in the previous Election thread defending Labours economic policy, and the level of debt under Howards government is worrying. Overall i favour Howards economic policy
Education - imo Labour. I went to 5-6 dirt poor primary schools around the country and an absolute @#$% hole of a high school in Sydney   Will not be going to uni until i've backpacked through Europe and Asia though 
Foreign Policy? Well, Alexander Downer is a rash hothead... Would be interesting to see Kevin Rudd in action, he seems quite adroit. I just hope he doesn't argue with foreign diplomats like he does with the media 
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I'm seeing the UN turn into the League of Nations part 2. They never do shit. Sumeria, Rwanda, Bosnia, practically every military uprising and slaughter of innocent civilians hasn't raised the eyebrow of the UN. They don't give a fuck unless it's impacting on the leading countries in some way
Why was the League of Nations replaced with the UN? THe League of Nations had no military force, so as much as they said "Bad Boy Hitler don't be bad" there was nothing they could do. That was spose to be the fixation of the UN, that it would have a fighting force(aka Peace Keeping). They just never use it. All I can see is another useless "lets sit around and be all democratic, while innocents are slaughtered" type organisation.
Sorry Churchill, looked like your dream and hard work didn't quite pay off. |
I agree with you that the United Nations influence has diminished of late. The UN is as powerful as its member nations; at this point in time that means very little considering the lack of resolve from the members on the Security Council. Nevertheless, the UN’s indecisiveness in no way makes Howards decision to commit to war on the basis of a fallacious casus belli morally permissible. The war in Iraq was illegal under international law.
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How long was hussein in power and did the UN ever do anything about it ? |
A better question:
How did Hussein come into power?
The U.S. involvement in the coup against Kassem in Iraq in 1963 was substantial. There is evidence that CIA agents were in touch with army officers who were involved in the coup. There is evidence that an electronic command center was set up in Kuwait to guide the forces who were fighting Kassem. There is evidence that they supplied the conspirators with lists of people who had to be eliminated immediately in order to ensure success. The relationship between the Americans and the Ba'ath Party at that moment in time was very close indeed. And that continued for some time after the coup. And there was an exchange of information between the two sides.
Where did Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction come from?
Between 1985 and 1990, the US government approved licences for the export of some $1.7 billion worth of military, chemical/biological technology, a total of 771 licences in all during that period (only 39 licences were rejected). The substances include: Bacillus Anthracis (anthrax), Clostridium Botulinum (a source of botulinum toxin), Histoplasma Capsulatam (cause of a disease attacking lungs, brain, spinal cord, and heart), Brucella Melitensis (a bacteria that can damage major organs), Clostridium Perfringens (a highly toxic bacteria causing systemic illness), Clostridium tetani, a highly toxigenic substance), Escherichia coli (E. coli), genetic materials, human and bacterial DNA, and dozens of other pathogenic biological agents.
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whilst i dont pretend to know everything there is to know at all, or even much on politics, the idea of Latham running the country is quite to be honest... i think howard genuinely acts in the best interests of the country, whether the people agree or not, whereas i think latham would become a sucker to trying to please the masses and not thinking in teh bigger picture of the countries best interests. |
The demagoguery from both Latham and Howard is a little sad :/
Vote 1. Armin 
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