Ten Years as PM Marred by Wrong Decision to Go Into Iraq

Seven News
Prime Minister John Howard says he has no regrets about sending Australia to war against Iraq.

As the coalition marks 10 years in government this week, Mr Howard acknowledged the decision to send troops to Iraq was unpopular in parts of the community.
"People will always be critical of that decision, I accept that," he told ABC radio.
But he again denied Australia had been made a greater terrorist target by joining the US-led battle."Australia was a terrorist target long before we went to Iraq," Mr Howard said.
Mr Howard accepted the Iraqi decision was controversial, but said he had no regrets.
"I don't regret the decision," he said.
"I took it in good faith at the time."
Australia went to war believing former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, but none have so far been found.

Good Grief.
Yes Honest John, it was a terrific idea. Letting a country disintegrate into civil war, literally thousands of civilians killed, the nations capital (which is in better shape than most of Iraq) still without power a lot of the time and limited fresh running water.

The one thing I hate more than anything else in this fiasco is the inability of these people to accept that they were, and still are wrong. The invasion of Iraq was wrong in every single area. Iraq had nothing whatsoever to do with 911, Saddam was complying with the UN and had no WMD's. The invasion of Iraq as with the War on Terror is a farce.
Howard, Blair and Bush knew these facts but still, they all deliberately Lied to their respective nations. Liars and Hypocrites all.

The only reason we are a target for terrorists is because we have sided with and supported the American governments failed and disgraceful Foreign Policy.

It's a shame that what have could of been a reasonable tenure as Australia's PM for the last Ten years is marred by such a tragic and disgraceful decision by Howard to follow Bush and Blair's lead into Iraq.
Nothing good has come of this.