outback to jungle

Musings on experiences of volunteering in Papua New Guinea with some gratuitous domestic social and public comment

Thursday, April 13, 2006

David Hicks and Bangladesh

Onyers David and the Deshis. Two good news stoiries this morning. The Britsh legal system is more supportive of David than his lousy birthplace country which has betrayed him. If it is treason for an individual to betray his country, what is the crime if a country betrays an individual? Because this is what has happened in David Hicks' case. The British got their citizens out of Guantanom Gaol but the arse licking Australian government with the complicity of the "aussies" who make up 52% of the population has allowed one of our own to be held by the Yanks for over four years now. Thankfully the civil rights activists and David's lawyer Major Mori have more of the qualities that made America great than Howard and his governemnt could ever hope to have for all their arselicking and these people are doing more for him than David's own government. The Australian government and the aussies are no better than the people who tied the snake up by its neck.
As for the Bangladeshi cricket team, what champions. Protecting 90 runs and trying to get six wickets is still a big job but its good to see the aussies eating crow pie as they try to hang in there.

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