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...many of the Australian soldiers who served in Iraq in early 2005, the bloody mayhem they were embroiled in was something they hoped to forget. But last week a landmark lawsuit in Australia brought it all back at a time when many are struggling to deal with the mental trauma of their war service...
...Both of Australia's main political parties offered apologies, and they were necessary and balanced. The policies for which they apologized were racist and have been a source of immense pain for Aboriginal people. However, they were well-intentioned and also arose from a desire to care for the children of single mothers who were unable to look after them properly. Reconciliation is, however, a two-way process. When one party apologizes, the other ought to forgive. Aboriginal people and their leaders need to say publicly, "We forgive you."Until that happens, there will be no reconciliation and Australians will...
...Rudd also failed to acknowledge the role of his Labor Party in originating almost all of the indigenous legislation that is now being condemned. Doubtless there will now be many claims for compensation by indigenous people. Will apologies also be made to the British children taken to orphanages in Australia last century, to internees during the world wars, to Pacific islanders kidnaped to work in the Queensland cane fields, to the unwed mothers who until the 1970s almost routinely had their children taken from them, or to the avoidable victims of our hospital system's failures? I apologize to those...
...sorry to see "Australia Says Sorry" on the cover of TIME. Not that it is wrong to say sorry for injustices when they have occurred. However, there is no proof that the "stolen generations" were actually stolen from their families. Authorities in Australia have been unable to name even 10 stolen children. New PM Rudd has grabbed at an opportunity to get global attention by blaming Australians for injustices that are a myth. Former PM John Howard expressed regret but did not say "sorry" because there was, and still is, no proof that Aboriginal children were stolen. Welfare organizations only...
...Castle, and above that nothing but snow-capped peaks. It is hard to imagine this idyllic mountain principality with 35,000 citizens as the heart of Europe's axis of evil. Yet secret agents, investigators and a growing chorus of politicians in Germany, the U.S., the U.K. and even Australia are convinced that this tiny enclave is up to no good. German lawmakers have barraged Liechtenstein with such epithets as "rogue state" and "den of thieves," and the German Finance Minister has wondered aloud whether "it's time to tighten the thumbscrews...