Iraq a 'catastrophic blunder'

[DoYouEverWonder]

October 19, 2006

The war in Iraq has been a "catastrophic blunder" that has substantially increased the terrorist threat to Australia, one of the nation's most distinguished former diplomats said today.

Richard Woolcott, a retired foreign affairs chief who advised seven prime ministers, launched a sweeping attack on the federal government, saying that Australian democracy was not functioning as it should.

Mr Woolcott made the comments during a speech at the University of Newcastle's annual Human Rights and Social Justice lecture this afternoon.

He branded the Iraq war a "disaster", saying the Prime Minister seemed unable to admit the obvious.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/iraq-a-catastrophic-blunder/2006/10/19/1160851045935.html

Maybe the Iraq War should be renamed Bush's Blunder?

[acmavm]

1. The Three Stooges, bush**, blair and howard. (So sorry Larry, Moe &

Curley)

[arcos]

3. The five you mean....

Counting Aznar and Berlusconi. :P

[acmavm]

8. Well, since they were so uncermoniously bounced from the

club I didn't think to include them, and by bounced I meant by the voters). But you're right, there were originally five lying asshole bastards willing to murder their countrymen and innocent civilians for oil and power.

[YDogg]

11. And Shemp. And Joe. And Curly Joe.

Plenty of Stoogery to go around. :-)

[closeupready]

2. Blunder doesn't really capture it.

:mad:

[Theduckno2]

5. Blunder is something you can say "Oops!" to.

No, this was more like a catastrophic crime of deliberate deceit, willful negligence and reckless endangerment of human lives in the pursuit of monetary gain.

Blunder is not the right word for what Bushco has done.

It is heartening to see another voice standing up to the menace that is Bushco. :)

[Jawja]

10. As is "blunder" on the scale

of Hitler invading Russia.

[maddezmom]

4. I'm glad he said but it seems a bit mild

it's a clusterf*ck

[sugapablo]

6. Or, Catastraf*ck

ala Mr. Stewart.

[rodeodance]

7. Good for the Aussies------Keep em coming (these kind of remarks).

[Eurobabe]

9. Seward's Folly and Bush's Blunder

Although Seward's Folly was a good mistake. I hope this illegal war sticks to Bush's legacy of evil like a fly on shit.

[Journeyman]

12. "It was worse than a crime; it was a blunder." ~Talleyrand

n/t