Jasus wept! Prime ministerial stand-in Julia Gillard told the media yesterday that the Rudd Government would be holding a lengthy and complicated investigation into the wartime sinking of HMAS Sydney, including calling overseas witnesses.
The Second World War is almost 63 years gone, this ship went down around 67 years ago, respective Australian and German governments of the day are no more, their defence force chiefs-of-staff are either dead or extremely old, many of the German Navy survivors would be gone to their rest, those that remain are unlikely to change their original evidence - so why is Terrence Cole QC heading up a formal and expensive commission of inquiry?
This is a matter best left to the historians, universities and philanthropic research donors.
After almost 11 years of Howard Government neglect, there is too much government 'catch-up' funding urgently needed in the areas of health, education and the environment as it is.
No-one wants to return to Howard's strange view of WWI & ll, but this latest Labor enthusiasm is history gone mad.
The new investigation makes my personal WTF list for 2008.
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