CHALLENGE TO EDDE MCGUIRE:EDDIE ASKED TO JOIN THE ARMYBy Sasha Uzunov Channel 9 television personality and Collingwood Football club president, Eddie McGuire, has come up with an idea to solve youth violence on our streets–send the young offenders into the Australian Army. In theory it sounds like a good idea but it would help to […]
Keating was eager to send Australian troops to Rwanda, Africa in 1994 but there was no criticism of Gallipoli back then. (Photo courtesy of Ken Pedler) KEATING’S SHORT MEMORYBy Sasha Uzunov Paul John Keating, Australia’s Prime Minister from 1991-96, has been at it again. –letting go with comments that would guarantee media exposure. His latest […]
Colonel Iron Mike Kelly, Australian Army Lawyer then serving in Iraq, talked about his heroics in Africa but ignores Timor hero living in his electorate. ADF photo. IRON MIKE’S RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLEWhen we get to Africa we gonna get it on, ’cause we don’t get along!Float Like a Butterfly and Sting Like a BeeArmy […]
ABC TV rejects FOI request for information on man who “sold the Iraq War” On-Line Opinion – Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8075&page=028 October, 2008 A JAMES BOND OTHER LIFE by Sasha Uzunov There are moves to have ex-politicians banned from sitting on the board of the ABC, in an attempt to de-politicise […]
Australia’s Leader on the War on Terror won’t discuss his lack of war service in Vietnam (1962-72) Still waiting for a reply…after 15 months…ASIO Spy boss wont reveal why he didn’t volunteer to fight in Vietnam…WAR ON TERROR LEADER WON’T DISCUSS HIS LACK OF WAR SERVICE By Sasha Uzunov Mr Paul O’Sullivan, Director General of […]
Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon. Photo: ADF MINISTER SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP by Sasha Uzunov copyright 2008 The Taliban must be rubbing their hands with glee at the news that our Defence Minister, Joel Fitzgibbon, keeps on changing his mind about the war in Afghanistan. Months ago it was a tough talking Minister, now it is […]
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8007&page=0 A superpower by default? By Sasha Uzunov – posted Monday, 13 October 2008 Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd recently warned about an arms race in the Asia Pacific region with China the country to watch. But he may have missed out on one key player “bigger” than China: Russia. With the Wall Street financial […]
Above: Photo taken October 8, 2008, after the recent attack on the Matthew Flinders monument. Photos by Sasha Uzunov, copyright 2008.Below: The attack on the statue on 30 August 2008 and the subsequent clean-up, 2 September 2008. A statue of famed British Naval explorer Matthew Flinders has been vandalised again. The prominent Melburne monument is […]
On Line Opinion – Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7952 Is Rudd the real McCoy on defence? By Sasha Uzunov – Tuesday, 30 September 2008 In recent weeks we have witnessed the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, deliver sermons from the mount which have struck a chord with the defence community. Is the PM […]
(ADF archival photos): Greg Combet (right)- future Defence Minister or PM? Expert questions Rudd’s leadershipCOMBET SHOULD BE PRIME MINISTER By Sasha UzunovCopyright 2008 Former Trade Union boss and current ALP Federal MP Greg Combet should become Australia’s Prime Minister, according to an influential political commentator. Mr Bruce Haigh, a retired Australian diplomat and expert comments […]
