“Then there is Downer’s acute understanding of geopolitics. He knew so much about what was not happening - Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction - that he needed to invade in the interests of stability and security. But he knew so little about what was happening - the dirty deal with Saddam by which the Australian Wheat Board creamed off $300 million under the oil-for-food program - that he had to do, well, he had to do nothing. Remarkable, wasn’t it?”
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