Kellie, I liked your article. I wonder how long it will be before we have a government which is able to make decisions, without having to wait for a phone call from Washington (the present state of the US economy means it will probably be a reverse charge call) giving instructions on how to vote and what to say.

The short round guy in the opposition thinks Australia should be more active in action against butchers, I don't suppose that he has given much thought to this, he would not have to look further than West Papua for a target.

The International Court would be a very busy place if justice was done to all those that sold weapons and chemicals to Saddam and others, and all those who have been responsible for killing civilians. They would probably have to have the court in a large football stadium to fit them all in. There would be at least four US presidents, 4 UK prime ministers and a few Aussie prime ministers in the dock as well as many industry leaders from around the world.