gough abandoned the east timorese & it was Howard who rescued what was left
Formersnag,
not to forget Australia either.

I believe it is time to reject the current government and start a new way of governing ourselves. We need to take care of our veterans and homeless. We need to change the way Congress and the Senate are ripping the country off by collecting pay for life ( who gets this in the real world?) We need to tax EVERONE EQUALLY ! This country has lost touch with reality. Write your Congress person and ask what they think about the pay system they get and see how hard they work to justify the stupidity. The lobbiests and big corporations actually dictate the laws and the policies that the government puts out and of course it's ALWAYS to their benifit. It's time to fix this country and the first step is a major revolution ! As crazy as it seems the founding fathers of this great land did the same thing when they had had enough.... Isn't it time we got our selves back together?

We need to tax EVERONE EQUALLY !
Skipperone,
I have been raving on about flat tax for years. Everyone pays the same rate, no argument. Everyone can earn to their competence & potential. Impose public service pay ceilings. Any new policy or change has to be by a board from all walks of life not just a small gang of incompetent bureaucrats. Every policy in Govt. needs to be put to a vote by the people prior to election. Then & only then will we get ourselves out of the present stink hole economy.

I don't see eye to eye with Ms Rice, but I don't think she is a hypocrite in this case. The US position is perfectly consistent if you believe - as I do - that the Palestinians are not actually prepared to make peace with Israel.

So have you any evidence that the Israelis are "brainwashed" apart from the fact that they disagree with your analysis?

Do you have any evidence that the Palestinians are, in fact, ready to make peace. For example, have they put forward a proposal that is vaguely acceptable to the Israelis? Have they stopped inculcating hatred of jews in their schools and mosques?