He is hated by the left and despised, called an idiot. Yet the first policy initiated and followed by President GHW Bush regarding speaking of Islamic terrorists following 911 is followed today by every Western Leader. There is no connection between terrorism and Islam which is the religion of peace. There is good reason for the policy, Islamic peoples are not terrorists and those who call themselves terrorist are not Islamic, although they claim to be and leaders embrace them. The status is not five and a half billion people vs one and a half billion terrorists, but seven billion people versus few terrorists. There is a very cynical connection between the left and terrorists, not merely Islamo fascists, but also Irish Catholics and communist insurgents of the Cold War. In many ways, mainstream media have shepherded and protected terrorists, giving them faux reasons for their outrageous behaviour and exhorting them to greater atrocities. One prize idiot is former security analyst, now parliamentarian Andrew Wilkie. Wilkie does not have much support, he is based in Tasmania which is over represented in federal politics due to her small population. As a former security advisor he sounds knowledgeably hawkish, but the reality is he is green left peacenik. He feels that it was wrong to invade Iraq for regime change seeking WMD. And so Wilkie can say he believes former PM Howard is lucky to not be facing war crimes. Wilkie is wrong to excuse Saddam Hussein's depredations. Wilkie is also wrong to accuse Mr Howard who has only acted properly regarding his duty to order Australia's disposal of her armed forces. Mr Howard does not face any such charges because he did no wrong. Wilkie is a despicable coward who has no right to be in parliament if he cannot contain any foolish thought bubble he might get. President Bush faces around the clock security for the rest of his life because of lies told about him. Wilkie's throwaway lie could put Mr Howard into a similar situation. For the record, Syria has shown that Wilkie was wrong re WMD.
Mr Abbott was right to use President Bush's mantra regarding the religion of peace, but Sydney has helicopters hovering since the terrorist raid and there are some in the Islamic community who do not feel peaceful. The reckless left are excusing terrorists, ABC asked the Attorney General if the new laws will mean that more would have been arrested and charged in the raid last week. The question is pernicious, as the AG could not answer about what the laws will be and will do before parliament sees them. And the senate is hostile. And then the media produce headlines which mislead and are counterproductive. Police did not execute raids with dogs. Neither were police brutal in the execution of their duty. Police have not targeted Islamic peoples, but those connected to terrorists. Prisoners riot in Australia, calling out Allahu Akbar, and the authorities are correct in saying it isn't religiously motivated. Islamic peoples would not commit crimes and be sent to jail. Neither would they behave in that outrageous way. Those calling out in prison are copying terrorist behaviours which might be empowering in the short term, but get a lot of people killed. Meanwhile the Greens Leader in Australia claims that Australia is following the US into an open ended war. They might be right. But the piece de resistance is Wendy Bacon likening Australia fighting in Iraq to Gallipoli, and ignoring other campaigns.
Left wing journalists thought long and deeply about the left crushing a win in NZ at election. But they were very wrong, and there is now no journalist narrative describing why the Conservatives won convincingly. It is called a stunning win. It certainly wasn't predicted. Just like ALP adviser and drunk Bob Ellis predicting Scotland would leave the union weeks before they didn't. ABC is accused of being over paid and inept. The accuser uses bad language and says he learned it from a 'dirty Aunty' which is funny because ABC is called 'Aunty' in Australia. ABC had an opportunity of carrying a series of interviews with Mr Howard. They decline. It had been an opportunity to demonstrate balance. They had carried an interview with former ALP PM Keating. Mr Howard's interview, carried by channel 7 also keen to not appear biased, spoke against the divisive abuses that followed his good administration, with ALP in office. Certainly Gillard's declaration that Mr Abbott was a misogynist was wide of the mark and did not resonate with average Australians, but was applauded by journalists. Gillard has admitted to some mistakes, like hiring Bob Carr, but not others.
Dividing people by race does not help things. Wealthy city folk who identify as being in a race of needy people because they get money and resources are diverting those resources from needy people who aren't in the cities. Journalist bias is not good for those who want to be informed by those journalists, and one example is the hyper critics of a responsible conservative couple being criticised for being on a study tour using budget travel, but ignoring ALP junketeers travelling first class before exiting parliament.
A substantial abuse of power is that byAGW hysteric scientists and their supporters. One t-shirt seen recently pits Gaia vs humanity. It is probably time for humanity to deal with that bird forever quips Tim Blair. Arctic Ice is not behaving as scientists claimed it would. They said it would melt and never appear again. Instead, it is getting bigger. Meanwhile one scientific advisor to Obama admits the science is not settled. Maybe it can be discussed, now?
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