On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 11:03:53 +1000, David Bromage
wrote:

A proposal to ground Australia's fleet of F-111 bombers would leave a
dangerous gap in the country's defences, the Federal Opposition has
claimed. Labor's defence spokesman Chris Evans said the F-111s provided
a critically important ability to strike at an enemy force before it
reached Australia.

Labor's defence spokesman demonstrated that he is a not as
knowledgeable as he should be, by citing the loss of the F-111 as
leaving a gap in Australia's *air defence* capability.... I notice
his phrasing is absent from the cited report.


....

cheers,

Paul Saccani,
Perth,
Western Australia


old turkish proverb: 'He who tells the truth gets chased out of nine villages'