Friday 29th of March 2024

time to walk the talk

The Prime Minister                                                                                       

The Hon John Howard MP                                                                           

Parliament House

CANBERRA   ACT   2600                                                       June 23, 2005

 

Sir,

 

You have always fostered an image of care & concern for the members of our Armed Services, whether through speeches, fleeting visits to serving units overseas or by taking centre stage at Gallipolli.

 

Now you have an opportunity to match appearance with substance, by intervening on behalf of Mr Roger Harris, a veteran of two Vietnam campaigns on behalf of this country, who is currently being threatened with deportation by gestapo agents from DIMIA ( see link Vietnam Veteran Told To Leave Australia ).

 

You & your government were prepared to spend millions of taxpayers dollars on the rescue of an Australian citizen who hasn't lived here for 16 years & whose first words of appreciation were 'God Bless America'.

 

How about showing the same concern for someone who has genuinely risked his life for our country: honour him & leave him in peace?

 

Time to walk the talk.

of deceit, deception & tears: back to vietnam ......

‘I sound angry and I am fucking angry. You know, this is... You've got to get angry; everybody's got to get angry about bloody wars. They're fucking horrible!"

 

Our politicians deluded us and I, along with so many other conscripts ended up here. Wasn't our choice, we didn't know why we were here.’

 

Of Deceit, Deception And Tears: Back To Vietnam