Any time I’m unfortunate enough to capture a snippet of former prime minister John Howard’s mug on television, I think: why isn’t this man in prison? Now, I’ve felt this way towards him since I was old enough to talk, but my upbringing aside, I feel it is the only valid response towards any of the proponents of the Iraq War. Twenty years on, and it’s almost as if we as a nation have been actively encouraged to forget our involvement in that great illegal calamity, and in so doing, forgive the people responsible for getting involved.
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