Stephen 'kneepads' Smith
The Measure of Australian Politicians
by finch Wednesday, Jul 8 2009, 1:51pm
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It hasn’t yet occurred to the Federal Opposition that their leader, Malcolm Turnbull, has lost ALL credibility and relevance after his monumental failure to oust the sitting twerp PM Kevin Rudd and his Treasurer, Wayne Swan. Attacks based on nothing more often than not, produce nothing for a result; Granny could have told you that – quit while you’re not totally behind, Malcolm!
The sooner (totally ignored) Turnbull is replaced by someone with a skerrick of credibility the better for the opposition; but the Turnbull fiasco is not the major political tragedy of the week. That distinction goes to Foreign Minister, Stephen ‘kneepads’ Smith, who stuttered and spluttered his way through an interview with Lateline presenter, Tony Jones over the arrest in China of Australian mining executives suspected of espionage!
Witnessing Smith’s demeanour and body language when he is faced with a problem he must solve himself as opposed to acting on orders from Washington is truly revealing of this no-account, lackey politician.
Smith’s wooden, stuttering and INDECISIVE performance on Lateline last night was abysmal. One could not help but feel sympathy for all Australian citizens held captive by foreigners. At present, the Smith ‘response’ serves only to highlight how utterly inept and cowardly our puppet politicians are.
Foreign powers constantly test America and its allies for weaknesses and I’m afraid that attacks (people smuggling etc) on Australia could only INCREASE given the lamentable response to such incidents from the Rudd government; notwithstanding the opposition is known to be less capable!
For those not aware of the current state of international warfare be advised that each time America interferes or intervenes in the affairs of other nations, tactical attacks on weak American allies would probably be the response. The thinner America is spread around the globe, protecting what it cannot protect, the more vulnerable it becomes. It’s a tried and proven winning strategy! Responses to U.S. Cyber, Drone and other attacks may elicit counter Cyber attacks or LATERAL tactics such as the arrest of Aussie nationals on serious spying charges, or pressures applied on borders by human or biological agents – basically, it's all too easy! All territorial pressures and strategies (attacking oil infrastructures globally -- MEND -- and constant economic/energy warfare) would be designed to destabilise and force political crises, which would expose the thorough incompetence of greed-driven, corporate-ruled America and her servile 'colonial' allies!
We can hardly wait for Aussie politicians to make complete fools of themselves when faced with new and superior warfare strategies. Kevin Rudd could not effectively cope with the ridicule directed at him by the Indonesian leader of JI on the occasion of his international political debut at a summit in Bali! The world will not soon forget the SHAMELESS COWARDICE and weakness displayed by the Howard and Rudd governments.
Regional opponents do not miss a trick. It is clear that Smith is more suited to subservient roles rather than those requiring leadership! In the current circumstances Smith's performance is left wanting. The opposition response amounted to political opportunism in the form of unsubstantiated wild statements to the media and theorising on events in relation to the arrest of Aussie nationals in China – neither major party took the offensive in the situation, pathetic!
"Not with a bang but a whimper," could have been written for our woeful, subservient and cowardly politicians.
See link for video and transcript of Smith interview:
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2008/s2620707.htm