Lazerzap's "In My Opinion" Blog

"Perhaps this desire on the part of Howard's constituency to please the US answers the question why it possible for an elected PM to send Australian troops into Iraq without an electoral Mandate, Parliamentary debate, Parliamentary vote, Plebiscite or Referendum, and in the face of overwhelming opposition by the Australian public. Amazingly, the Australian Constitution allows a virtually dictatorial decision like that to be made without any such approval."

Read the whole article here: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5536

In my opinion.. A loophole in the constitution that NEEDS to be closed.