The old ''Bring in the armed forces'' trick

[lakeland27]

  Some may remember the last time the opposition had to formulate 'something' to deal with  problems in indigenous communities.

known as The intervention"   disgraced Ashby plotter and former Howard minister Brough  took charge and brought in the army.

well we all know how well that went .the net result of brough's 'intervention' amounting to a show and little more.. Now, faced with another  problem that seems beyond them, that is.. managing asylum seeker arrivals.. what do this sad bunch of gits offer up as a Policy ? why, they dress it up as a military operation.. in conjunction with customs and Dept of immigration. this is pretty much as we have now so it isn't new or innovative .. its a knee -jerk panic move , more slogan than action which simply by existing and having been announced demonstrates that even the coalition have doubts about the discredited policy of Towback they have pushed for years now..

its an admission that previous policy was carp. unfortunately , so is the new policy.

[lakeland27]

i do know there are more than 2 orions operating now of course.

[not_an_eloi]

rabbitt's not bothered about a destination for dem pesky boaties.

they'll turn the boats around and dance on the decks as they watch 'em drown

[spotweldersfriend]

Maybe the navy could commandeer those boats and use them.They're probably up to the same standard as the Collins class subs.

[lakeland27]

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@spotweldersfriend wrote:
Maybe the navy could commandeer those boats and use them.They're probably up to the same standard as the Collins class subs.

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 thats the next big thing, subs like the cartels use... dozens of them buzzing back and forward

[lakeland27]

 its also quite cunning, the idea of having levels of command from the minister over the military appointee down to the officers and ranks. if it fails, replace and place the blame on that person below without wearing any of it yourself. to me this indicates a lack of confidence in the policy .. having inbuilt blame-shifting as part of the strategy... its also unfair to the sailors and officers.

[spotweldersfriend]

Operation Kneejerk or Operation Desperate Monk

[spotweldersfriend]

And still we wait for some coalition policy announcements

[donnashuggy]

[donnashuggy]

[spotweldersfriend]

Ahh,all god fearing men, like Tomas de Torquemada.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tym0MObFpTI&feature=youtube_gdata_player