Reply #268: Gerard Henderson -former key adviser to Prime Minister John Howard

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Who was a willing participant of the "coalition of the willing". He is actually quite moderate -dare I say it "liberal"-when it comes to domestic policy and social issues such as race relations and multiculturalism and has criticized Howard quite extensively for his outdated views on domestic policy. He's also quite an interesting non-fiction author -I've read two of his books and I thoroughly enjoyed them

But on foreign policy he tends to take a very conservative and pro-US line that aligns himself quite closely with his former boss. When it comes to his articles on foreign policy, he has a gentler tone than some of the other RW sycophants but he still nevertheless seems to echo RW talking points and engage in what he knows to be misrepresentations of left wing positions.

Actually three years ago he was an excellent writer and analyst. But since around the time that * started threatening Iraq, his articles have become increasingly partisan and have declined in terms of quality and substance. I don't usually read his columns anymore -which I used to make a point of doing every time one appeared in the days when he was an interesting and thought-provoking columnist