They are paying their own way. The RAAF planes are sitting in Cyprus alongside those of many other nations.
Australia has responded in the exact same way we did 20 years ago getting citizens out of war torn countries (wars in some cases started by us...WMD??)
Did you blame Howard for arranging flights out of Baghdad?
We also respond to natural disasters.......... Did you blame Howard for getting Australians out of Thailand in 2004
