John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

It is a bit rich for somebody who is in favour of it not working asking such a question. I have indicated on numerous occasions that I wish the operations were going differently. I have said repeatedly that there is a case for reworking some of the tactics. But the fundamental position of the government is starkly different. What the opposition wants is a course of action in Iraq which would produce the very bloodbath and descent into further disaster to which the Baker commission drew attention. What the Leader of the Opposition must face—

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