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THOSE who believe this war is about freeing the Iraqis from a repressive regime are missing the point. The US has frequently supported cruel and repressive regimes when it was in their strategic interest to do so, as they supported Saddam when he was just as barbaric but had a more pro-Western stance. This is about having a greater degree of influence in a volatile part of the world. Oil is not the issue although it is one piece of the jigsaw. Israel is another. Why is Australia involved? Again, it's strategic interest. Howard believes it is in Australia's interest to have a close relationship with the US. If anyone doubts this, ask yourself if we would be there if Russia was taking the lead and the US was not involved. Did we send troops to help the Russians in their fight against terrorism in Chechnya? Of course not � no strategic interest. The most interesting question is why Blair has involved Britain. One would have thought that Britain's strategic interest would preclude causing such damage to its relationship with "old" Europe. Perhaps, of the three leaders, Blair has the purest motives (or maybe he just miscalculated and backed himself into a corner). Greg Trigger Chermside, Qld |
This letter was from 'The Australian' newspaper, which is a paper of Newscorp (Rupert Murdoch).
I think this guy summed up the situation pretty well.