Hollow Apology
Prime Minister Howard apologised in Parliament today for forgetting to invite the widow of an Australian Soldier, killed in Afghanistan, to a ceremony in his honour. The ceremony was performed by President George W in his recent visit to Canberra. Apparently, the widow found out in the newspapers, and is understandably upset.
The excuse offered was that it was an "oversight". I can easily believe that it was just a bureaucratic bungle and oversight, and not deliberate. But somehow, that doesn't help, nor does it excuse the ommission. Just the fact that it was an oversight is offensive enough.
It shows with excruciating clarity, that the act was not one of honouring a soldier killed in duty, but a cynical political exercise.
Prime Minister Howard apologised in Parliament today for forgetting to invite the widow of an Australian Soldier, killed in Afghanistan, to a ceremony in his honour. The ceremony was performed by President George W in his recent visit to Canberra. Apparently, the widow found out in the newspapers, and is understandably upset.
The excuse offered was that it was an "oversight". I can easily believe that it was just a bureaucratic bungle and oversight, and not deliberate. But somehow, that doesn't help, nor does it excuse the ommission. Just the fact that it was an oversight is offensive enough.
It shows with excruciating clarity, that the act was not one of honouring a soldier killed in duty, but a cynical political exercise.
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