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

I do take responsibility for the decisions of this government on Iraq. I have never run away from my responsibilities. I have always accepted total responsibility. What the Leader of the Opposition and the Labor Party do not like is to be reminded of the inevitable consequences of their strategy and their policy. They may not like it but, if Labor’s policy were followed, we would condemn the coalition to a significant strategic defeat in Iraq—

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