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02/10/14

12:49

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Originally posted by pintohoo ↑

well, he did one big thing - he stopped conscription in it's tracks.

No more mothers, girlfriends and sisters losing good young men to bullets and bombs with little choice in a war we shouldn't have been in in the first place.

no matter what side of the political fence you sit on - that was an awful time and, it was Whitlam who stopped it.

Lefties can be a bit weak at times - but righties often get us into wars we should just not be in.

Mistakes in life are and will always be with us -- but, when those mistakes KILL people - they cannot be repaired.

Whitlam did a good thing there and overturned a very bad decision.

If the right side of politics wants to wage wars - let them send their own sons or themselves first.

pinto

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Yes Australia was well over the concept of conscription and events had already moved on by the time Whitlam was elected - the last Australian combat troops had left Vietnam in early 1972.

Who know what Labor would have done if in power when Vietnam was hot?
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