Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

We do not think there is anything immoral about removing one of the most appalling mass murderers this world has ever seen. We do not think there is anything immoral about seeing the end of the Saddam Hussein regime. We do not think there is anything immoral about the fact that the democratically elected government of Iraq has, through a fair, transparent and open trial, convicted Saddam Hussein of mass murder and committed him to be hanged. We do not think there is anything immoral about that whatsoever. We have our troops in Iraq because it is the right thing to do. It is the right thing for us to be in Iraq. It is in Australia’s national interest that we be in Iraq to ensure that that country, having removed that mass murderer, has the best possible opportunity to establish a self-sustaining democracy and provide peace and good government to its people.