John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The answer is no, and the member for Griffith knows full well from the interview that I made it very clear that the form of the future government of Iraq is a matter for the people of Iraq, and that is entirely what the situation should be. But we do know that if the advice of the member for Griffith had been taken democracy would not even have been dreamt of in Iraq.

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