Abbott wanted to send 3,500 ground troops to Iraq :s

The Australian newspaper, with much worry and consternation, is conducting an investigation into WTF has happened to the Abbott gov. Why it's so comprehensively in the shit. What they're finding out is enough to send a chill down your spine.

Abbott's sidekick Credlin has been all powerful, chairing gov meetings and playing a major roll in the formation of the disastrous May budget last year. But it gets much worse than that.

Last November Abbott actually suggested to Credlin about Australia sending 3,500 ground troops to invade Iraq, completely going it alone with even the US unwilling to do so. Credlin agreed. The suggestion of the invasion went as far as to seek advice from Australian military leaders. Needless to say they knocked the idea of the head, stunned at such an insane notion.

I think it's clear now, Abbott is isolated and unhinged. This is way beyond a joke now. He's looking a bit wacky dangerous.

TONY Abbott suggested a unilateral invasion of Iraq, with 3500 Australian ground troops to confront the Islamic State terrorist group. 

Flanked by his chief of staff, Peta Credlin, in a meeting in ­Canberra on November 25, the Prime Minister said the move would help halt the surge of ­Islamic State in northern Iraq. 

After receiving no resistance from Ms Credlin or his other staff in the room, Mr Abbott then raised the idea with Australia’s leading military planners. The military officials were stunned, telling Mr Abbott that sending 3500 Australian soldiers without any US or NATO cover would be disastrous for the ­Australians. 

They argued that even the US was not prepared to put ground troops into Iraq and it would make Australia the only Western country with troops on the ground. 

Asked this week about the suggestion by the Prime Minister of sending Australian ground troops to Iraq, a spokesman for Mr ­Abbott said: “The Prime Minister has consistently said that the Australian government will continue to talk to the government of Iraq and to our ­coalition partners about what Australia can usefully do to make the world a safer place and to make Australia a safer country.” 

The suggestion by Mr Abbott has been uncovered during an ­investigation by The Weekend Australian into how the Abbott government is working and why it has been hit with problems on several flanks. more