Asylum Seeker Coincidence

Kevin Rudd is making George Bush and John Howard look like amateurs. And so far, the government appears blameless. Let's see how long that lasts.

Let me join the dots for you - Australian politicians attend a conference on people smuggling, spectacular asylum seeker incident blamed on asylum seekers, turns out claims asylum seekers set their own boat on fire were not substantiated and the Navy commander in charge of the vessel saw no such thing.

Australian governments have a long history of abusing powerless asylum seekers for political gain.

Sadly, nothing has changed. "Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss." Pete Townshend 1971

The divide and conquer talkback stooges are having a field day, so check out Andrew Bartlett at Crikey for a more reasoned discussion.

edit: long needed addendum

You have to ask yourself, what "Australia's people smuggling disruption program" actually means. This is what a former Australian diplomat has to say .