john hewson on qa australia039s role in iraq war implicates us in rise of isis /

Former Liberal leader tells ABC program that Australia’s decision to join invasion of Iraq was ‘an embarrassment to all of us’Former Liberal party leader,John Hewson, says Australia should be embarrassed by its involvement in the Iraq war and was partly responsible for the emergence of Islamic State. Speaking on the ABC’s Q&A on Monday night, or three weeks into the brouhaha over the program’s editorial decisions,Hewson said that the unilateral decision to invade Iraq based on a “very tenuous” connection to al-Qaida allowed for the emergence of a more militant Islamic extremism.
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Source: theguardian.com