Serious Defence Disquiet against Australian Iraq policy
'Their combined reasons are many - lack of proven links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, absence of immediate threat, concerns about the massive pressure put on the UN, the arm-twisting of small countries on the Security Council, concern about the precedents set by a pre-emptive strike under such conditions, and civilian casualties and worries about the aftermath.

'Admiral Knox warns: "There'll be 100,000 or more terrorists sign up to Osama bin Laden - generations of hate directed towards the US and its partners in this undertaking." Air Marshal Funnell called the policy "strategic stupidity on a monumental scale".'

Serious Defence Disquiet against Australian Iraq policy
'Their combined reasons are many - lack of proven links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, absence of immediate threat, concerns about the massive pressure put on the UN, the arm-twisting of small countries on the Security Council, concern about the precedents set by a pre-emptive strike under such conditions, and civilian casualties and worries about the aftermath.

'Admiral Knox warns: "There'll be 100,000 or more terrorists sign up to Osama bin Laden - generations of hate directed towards the US and its partners in this undertaking." Air Marshal Funnell called the policy "strategic stupidity on a monumental scale".'