Posted on 11/11/2005 3:08:56 AM PST by Fair Go
No Sharia in Australia says Costello
11nov05
FEDERAL Treasurer Peter Costello has again urged Islamic extremists to leave Australia, saying there is no point in living in a country with a system of government they oppose.
"There are some things Australia stands for, has always stood for, always will stand for, which will never change," he told A Current Affair. "We will never be an Islamic state. We will never observe Sharia law ... We will always be a democracy.
"To people who say `well, we've come to this country and we would like to turn it into something it isn't, I say you must understand that will never occur".
Mr Costello said rather than try to change Australia, they should leave it.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
Can we borrow him for a while?
America needs more plain talk like this.
Bring him here? I might just move there!!!
He is the Treasurer of Australia - Australian equivalent to the US Secretary of the Treasury.
He is also the man most likely to replace John Howard as leader of the Liberal Party when Howard retires - and if Howard is still in office at the time, the next Prime Minister of Australia.
This guy knows whats going on and states flat out it isnt going to happen.
This cool guy is John Howard's deputy. He is expected to succeed Howard as next PM.
In short, the Muslim world half a century from now can expect the short end of the stick from the modern world. It has generated only two great surpluses, namely people and oil. By the middle of the century both of these will have begun to dwindle. But at the moment it has 25 million idle young men. No leader can remain in power who does not give them a destination to march to.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GH23Aa01.html
"Rather than saying `I'd like to change everything about Australia, everything it stands for," maybe the problem doesn't lie with the country, maybe it lies with the individual."
I can't figure out if Costello is talking about Islamic terrorists in Australia or Liberals in America???
My Dad, who slipped away in 1985 at almost 95 years, always wanted us to move to Australia- in part because of their controlled immigration policies. Guess he was prescient.
GW should say the same. Or get one of his flunkies to do it
Wish we could hear our "leaders" say this....
Hatemonger!
"What does that mean?" he(Le Pen) asked. "Are they French because they have a French identity card?" ==
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17208011%255E601,00.html
Good question.
"You're right; there is no point in living in a country with a system of government we oppose; so we intend to change it (we have no intention of leaving)".""There are some things Islam stands for, has always stood for, always will stand for, which will never change, and Australia will one day be an Islamic state. It will observe Sharia law ... It will not always be a democracy."
The overt objective of Islam is the establishment of a world-wide Islamic theocracy (this includes Australia, by the way) with the koran as the constitution, the shariah as international law, and dhimmitude, slavery, or death to non-believers. Anyone who does not take them at their word is bonkers.
If Costello thinks Muslims are going to change their minds about this--and just because he has told them to--he's in for a surprise.
Sometimes it helps, and sometimes it hurts.
bump
Addendum: "voluntarily or involuntarily."
Mr. Costello gets it.
Someone gets it. Wish it were someone here.
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