More leftist dhimmis in the news...

Again, despite the success in Iraq, and taking his cue from Nancy Al-Pelosi and Harry Al-Reid (albeit a bit late to the seditionist game), Australia's new moonbat PM, Kevin Rudd, tried his hand at playing the defeat-at-any-cost meme:

CANBERRA, Australia - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd accused his predecessor of abusing intelligence information to justify invading Iraq, saying the Australian people were misled.

Rudd made one of his most strident attacks on the former government's decision to join the Iraq war as he fulfilled an election pledge to withdraw Australian combat troops from the Middle East country.

"We must learn from Australia's experience in the lead-up to going to war with Iraq and not repeat the same mistakes in the future," Rudd told Parliament on Monday.

He criticized former Prime Minister John Howard's government for going to war without accurate information or a full assessment of the consequences. John Howard sent 2,000 troops to support U.S. and British forces in the 2003 invasion.

"Of most concern to this government was the manner in which the decision to go to war was made: the abuse of intelligence information, a failure to disclose to the Australian people the qualified nature of that intelligence," Rudd said.

Before the invasion, Howard argued that Saddam Hussein had to be toppled to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. The weapons were not discovered and no definite links were established between Saddam and al-Qaida or other terror networks.

Ain't hindsight grand? C'mon Aussies... you can do better than this bozo.