More Government Hypocrisy
The ABC news today carries this statement about Foreign minister Alexander Downer:
" Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has defended the Government's attempts to return asylum seekers to Iraq despite describing Saddam's regime as the most 'barbarous in the world'.
Mr Downer has been speaking in Federal Parliament against the Iraqi Government, accusing it of sanctioning murder and torture.
But on ABC radio in Adelaide this morning Mr Downer said those being sent back are deemed not at risk from Saddam.
'We don't send people back who would be at risk. We send people back who we think have been rorting the system,' he said.
Mr Downer was asked if Government could justify sending any human being back to a regime it decries as "inhuman".
'Not all people in Iraq. There are 22 to 23 million people in Iraq, not all of them are going to be put to death I suspect.'
This is a further example of the gross hypocrisy our government is engaged in. We refuse entry to Iraqi refugees, insisting they return to Iraq, then insist that Iraq is an evil country run by a murderous dictator (which Saddam is). And then the politicians have the gall to say we are fighting for "our vaues". These hypocritical values are not my values, and I believe would not be the values of the vast majority of Australians.
The ABC news today carries this statement about Foreign minister Alexander Downer:
" Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has defended the Government's attempts to return asylum seekers to Iraq despite describing Saddam's regime as the most 'barbarous in the world'.
Mr Downer has been speaking in Federal Parliament against the Iraqi Government, accusing it of sanctioning murder and torture.
But on ABC radio in Adelaide this morning Mr Downer said those being sent back are deemed not at risk from Saddam.
'We don't send people back who would be at risk. We send people back who we think have been rorting the system,' he said.
Mr Downer was asked if Government could justify sending any human being back to a regime it decries as "inhuman".
'Not all people in Iraq. There are 22 to 23 million people in Iraq, not all of them are going to be put to death I suspect.'
This is a further example of the gross hypocrisy our government is engaged in. We refuse entry to Iraqi refugees, insisting they return to Iraq, then insist that Iraq is an evil country run by a murderous dictator (which Saddam is). And then the politicians have the gall to say we are fighting for "our vaues". These hypocritical values are not my values, and I believe would not be the values of the vast majority of Australians.
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