ALP awards U.S. general for illegal Iraq war
Submitted by Flowerpower on Sun, 08/11/2009 - 5:12pm Just when you thought the ALP could not sell out anymore, we saw this week Defence Minister John Faukner gave General David Petraus, the general who oversaw the "surge" in Iraq and now head of U.S. Central Command an honoury Order of Australia medal for his work in Iraq. As the World Socialist Website points out, this move highlights the subservient relationship of the Australian governmnent to U.S. imperialism regardless of the party in power.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/faul-n06.shtml