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REPUTATION DAMAGED
Ex-diplomat and Indon appeaser Richard Woolcott has been carrying on for years about Australia’s subservience to the US and dark undercurrents of racism. Now he wonders why Australia’s reputation—at least in Woolcott’s circles—is one of racism and subservience:
I travelled extensively in 2005 and I observed how our standing has been undermined in much of the international community and some important countries in our own region. Our standing is suffering because of a recrudescence of those atavistic currents of racism and intolerance that we have inherited from our past.
Our standing is suffering. Our precious standing! Who the hell cares? Not me, although it’s worth noting Razi Azmi in Pakistan’s Daily Times: “Few countries today can boast such a record of fair treatment of all its citizens, regardless of race, religion and origin, both in law and in practice. And none of those countries are situated in Asia, be it west, east, central, south or southeast.” Those countries don’t seem too bothered over their international standing. Back to Woolcott, now complaining about truth in government being undermined:
A good example of this was when Howard said in Washington on July 19 that the London bombings had “nothing to do with Iraq”. These were not random explosions that might just as easily have occurred in Ottawa, Auckland or Oslo. They were a specific attack on the Blair Government for its wholehearted support for Bush’s policies and his decision to join the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Actually, these “specific attacks on the Blair government” were random attacks on London commuters.
Howard’s spin was designed to obscure from the Australian people the fact that his policies had indeed increased the risk of at errorist attack here and that they had placed Australia in a similar situation to the United Kingdom.
When did the first Bali attack take place, Richard? Before or after Iraq?
The health of Australian democracy is being threatened by such obscuring of the truth ...
Woolcott’s opinion is truth.
The images of police dog squads and horse patrols on Sydney beaches, of the stopping of cars, the frisking of passengers and the confiscation of mobile phones, were widely seen as racist and suggested an unprecedented intrusion on personal liberties that shocked friends overseas, even in New York.
Leave aside that most of the police attention Woolcott mentions was directed at whitey—and that security footage of Lebanese goons beating up a white backpacker was not released by police—and focus instead on Woolcott’s concern with New York opinion. For someone who worries about us being subservient to the US, Woolcott frets a great deal over Manhattan chatterboxes: “[Alexander Downer] added that Australia was prepared ‘to join coalitions of the willing that can bring focus and purpose to addressing the urgent security and other challenges we face’. Now, predictably, this did not go down well in New York.” Oh, no! The pointless fellow continues:
I do not know whether David Hicks is guilty or innocent. But it is damaging to this country’s reputation that an Australian citizen has been rotting in Guantanamo Bay since January 2002.
As blogstrop earlier observed, why isn’t it more damaging to Australia’s reputation that an Australian citizen joined a group of murderous scumbags? By some accounts, Woolcott allows, Australia’s rep has in fact improved over recent years. But he’s got the perfect comeback:
If, however, we are so well respected in the wider international community, how is it that we have been unable to gain election to the UN Security Council for more than 20 years now? I suspect it is because there is a darker underside to our image.
“Our standing is suffering because of a recrudescence of those atavistic currents of racism . . .”
The currents are caused, no doubt, by the geologically catastrophic shifting of plate-bigotry, and are exacerbated by the explosion of zionist volcanoes, so that we have only ourselves to blame for the levantine lava that is vaporizing our western societies. [And fossilizing the prose-style of Woolcotts everywhere].
Bigotry = moral climate change
We need a summit!
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 01 21 at 01:19 PM • permalink...predictably, this did not go down well in New York.
What? Did MoDo turn down a date with Woolcott?
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 01 21 at 02:18 PM • permalinkDid Wolcott turn down a date with Woolcott?
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 01 21 at 02:21 PM • permalinkrhhardin Of course, for Woolcott’s sake, we have to clarify here that flying inverted is not the same as “with one’s head up one’s…”
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 01 21 at 02:58 PM • permalinkAnother example of a lefty stink bomb aimed at its own country while pissing perfume all over the filthy crimes, no matter how revolting, of the Muslim monsters who commit them. Only proves the old adage that no matter the outrages committed by the Muslims against their fellow citizens, there will always be the self-hating liberals crawling from out under the bodies of women and children who will find some excuse to justify the Muslim crimes
Scott W — ‘Kay, because France is there? and like, that makes it the cool kids’ table, ‘kay? (And this one time? At General Assembly…?)
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 01 21 at 03:33 PM • permalinkObviously to Woolcott the UN security council is “the country club” to which one must belong or be a nobody. And once in one can spend time passing resolutions against fascist states like Israel to appease the oil rich despots and keep the oil price down.
And all those mates in New York who read the NYT and wish they could speak perfect French! would’nt want to upset them by defending ourselves against Islamic aggression would we?
THe Hague is running out of material. what about extraditing Woolcott and Gough over allowing the massacres in East Timor of 180,000 .
Is’nt that what the favourite spin “reporter” of the left Robert Fisk has always wanted to do to Sharon.
BTW much of the sickness that infects the left today has come from the jottings of that perverse Irishman.stats — Woolcott is a heathen furriner. New York = Manhattan.
And the other boroughs are happy to leave it that way…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 01 21 at 04:27 PM • permalinkIf, however, we are so well respected in the wider international community, how is it that we have been unable to gain election to the UN Security Council for more than 20 years now? I suspect it is because there is a darker underside to our image.
Good one, Richard!From Wikipedia:
The current (2006) elected members are:
Argentina (Latin America)
Republic of the Congo (Africa)
Denmark (W. Europe)
Greece (S. Europe)
Ghana (Africa)
Japan (Asia)
Peru (Latin America)
Qatar (Asia)
Slovakia (E. Europe)
Tanzania (Africa)
Gosh! Richard could be right - no darker undersides there.Woolcott, when he travels, mixes with the same set he does here - fellow travellers. In those circles Australia’s name is mud. He has a limited perspective. He ought to get around more.
Posted by walterplinge on 2006 01 21 at 06:26 PM • permalinkAt least Woolcott has never been to Moreland (inner city Melbourne) that suffered its own mini-Cronulla Saturday afternoon see http://weekbyweek7.blogspot.com/ for details.
Posted by WeekByWeek on 2006 01 21 at 06:31 PM • permalink#19
Yes 7by7 we just posted on the same event, looks like the RoPers really have a problem with lifesavers.The irony appears to be when ‘youths of ME appearance’ are misbehaving the police stay at a safe distance and people whose job it is to rescue swimmers are the only ones who are willing to take them on (in this case asking rowdy patrons to leave).
—Nick
Posted by The Thin Man Returns on 2006 01 21 at 06:57 PM • permalink“I suspect it is because there is a darker underside to our image. “
I hope so, that would be so cool - sort of John Howard but with mirror shades and a flick knife.
Posted by Harry Buttle on 2006 01 21 at 07:25 PM • permalink‘darker underside’, ‘atavistic racism’ etc.
Woolcott is one of those diplomatic types that identified too closely with the places they lived in, so they can’t see the big difference from their homeland..
He probably doesn’t see the humour in bin Laden’s sympathetic concern when he claimed that US soldiers in Iraq are increasingly committing suicide because of their low morale.Just read a sympathetic lefty comment on Woolly Woolacott after his New York rave. It’s quite funny in a dated, twisted sort of way:
Mr Woolcott makes a good case for the UN. It may be flawed but it is better than the alternative, which is international anarchy. It can only function effectively with the co-operation of the major powers. It should be remembered that the only time it voted to field forces to fight aggression was the Korean war, during the USSR’s boycott.
The word reform always brings a chill up my spine. I doubt Mr John Bolton’s idea of reform would sit well with most of us.You Aussies want to have our seat on the Security Council? I have no problem with that - in fact, why don’t you take the whole UN as well?
Posted by Steve Skubinna on 2006 01 21 at 08:42 PM • permalinkGee Richard,
you know the point you make about damaging our reputation is most purient and funny, when you consider that the worst offendors are diplomats themselves!.
No worries Richard, you can chuckle with your mates at a dinner party in New York, while your colleagues are using children in third world countries. Who’s at fault? Howard?
Unless I’m mistaken, weren’t Sudan and Libya on this “security council” at one point?
In that case, Australia’s problem seems to be its lack of internal genocide and/or secret police.
Or would Woolcott beg to differ?
Posted by Rittenhouse on 2006 01 21 at 10:51 PM • permalinkPresent memberts of the Security Council include Tanzania, the Congo and Ghana. Eat your heart out, Australia! and lift your game to their level!
Posted by Susan Norton on 2006 01 21 at 11:59 PM • permalinkOh, no. Once again Australia stands condemned in the court of world opinion. The shame…
Completely off topic - the picture of Canadian PM Paul Martin in the Weekend Australian, page 24. Is that a pair of really, really big vibrators in the background?Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2006 01 22 at 02:53 AM • permalink34. crash, I’d be happy for him to rot in Guantanamo Bay. I also know plenty of others who’d be happy for that.
With or without his HSC.
Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 01 22 at 05:02 PM • permalinkNice work by Dick Woolcott to blame our failure to secure a UN Security Council seat on our international reputation.
As Dick would well know, all votes taken at the UN are decided by rich countries’ influence over poorer nations. To be blunt - the votes are bought. How do people think that Japan maintains support for its pro-whaling position?
In the late 70s and early 80s Australia massively scaled back its aid programs in Africa, preferring to focus on our efforts in Asia (which were already substantial). This immediately lost a large amount of support from African nations, as it would, and created a vacuum for other countries to obtain their vote. To top it off - we were dumb enough to send Malcolm Fraser to Africa to lobby for votes to get us on the UN Security Council back in the mid-80s. The problem was, he was seen as the reason that aid had been cut and we didn’t realise the depth of hatred they felt towards him. We were never a hope and haven’t been since then.
BTW - I have some personal knowledge of all of this.
Posted by Jack Lacton on 2006 01 23 at 12:47 AM • permalink
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