Australia's largest stock trading and investment forum Australia's #1 stock forum

Gough Whitlam has died..., page-41

First 41 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
loric

2,710 Posts.

21/10/14

16:51

Post #: 14157824
Share

Originally posted by pintohoo ↑

makes you wonder why then Billy didn't end conscription doesn't it?

No myth about that one mate - I was there, right on the night Gough was elected - we had thousands walk out of Enoggera - and, they only came back if they wanted to.

Gough said - if you don't want to come back - don't. But, if you do come back to go through the discharge process you will get your benefits.

Thousands came back to go through the process - it was an amazing time.

Any politician with guts should have stopped it long before.

It took Whitlam to do it. Menzies started the war and Gough stopped it - dead in it's tracks.

The libs would have stopped it - but, to do so, meant that they would have to admit it was a mistake - and their mistake.

About the same reason why John Howard won't admit that Iraq was a mistake - because it was HIS mistake. He is also probably under advice that says if he admits it was wrong that he could put himself at risk of charges in future who knows.

All we do know is that liberals lead us to wars and labour doesn't.

Expand

Blair and Obama.
1 Upvote

Reply

Top Stories

EBR

EBR Systems' heart pacing device on-target to reach the US market

Is the ASX getting its groove back? Here's 5 IPOs in September to watch

GDP grows 0.2% in June quarter, but annual growth the slowest since the 1990s

SKS

SKS secures $20M for extension works on Melbourne data centre

BOE

Boss Energy ramps up as industrial-scale plant build continues; FY25 guidance of 850Klb intact

There are more pages in this discussion • 1 more message in this thread...

First 41 Last