rudd now a kokoda survivor ?, page-57

100% correct.

our fathers and grandfathers fought on the kokada trail and in new guinea because they felt that australia was next on the list after the japs captured port morseby

this was a driving componant of the australians at the time - thinking of family back drove them on in incredible hardship and deprivation.

for rudd to say what he did is an absolute disgrace - abbot is accuased of saying things without thinking - how much worse is rudd?

i actually prefer gillard