Opinion
Howard still ducks key Iraq question
Former prime minister John Howard has defended his record on committing Australia to the Iraq war. But we are no closer to fully understanding his reasons.
James CurranInternational editorFormer Prime Minister John Howard’s response (The Australian Financial Review letters, January 15) to my column in these pages on January 8 offers an important opportunity for Australians to give new thought to how its government decided to go to war in Iraq in 2003.
At the very least, Howard’s reaction reveals a certain willingness to offer a more considered post-war analysis of the decision than that reached by the Bush administration.
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