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After too much to drink tonight I started reminiscing on a book I read 10-15 years ago. Monash - the outsider who won a war (by Roland Perry).
At school history and in particular Australian history was by far my first choice of the humanities. Yet never before had even heard the slightest whisper of John Monash. For me reading this book gave me a brand new perspective and pride of our history.
Monash, a Colonel in Gallipoli and who at the end of that campaign was moved to the Western front. He was promoted to General and where for the first time in our history Australian troops were rallied and fought together under Australian leadership.
Monash, an engineer, was a meticulous planner. He thought outside the box and wasn’t constained by the British old boy network. His planning and the battles launched by Australian troops on the Western front broke the English / German trench deadlock.
William (Little Billy Big Ears) Hughes, Australia’s incumbent PM was also in London. The career politician who initially lobbied long and hard for Australian rights and Australian recognition suddenly became paranoid.
Understanding the love the Australian troops held for Monash, he rushed home at the end of the war and started to white ant Monash. The slimy little c.nt was shit scared a successful general returning home would pose a threat to his power. Worse still, in his mind, tens of thousands of soldiers returning after years abroad fighting completely loyal to Monash could overthrow the government.
Hughes was a c.nt, and a politician. Monash had no such aspirations.
So anyway, funny how, I think anyway, Scott Morrison is a complete c.nt. And the leaders of our emergency services are suddenly emerging as organised, efficient, competent and decent people.
There is hope.
TL;DR
ScoMo is a useless c.nt. As are most of our career politicians. Fortunately, we still have leaders who do stand up in times of need
And John Monash is a dead set legend
At school history and in particular Australian history was by far my first choice of the humanities. Yet never before had even heard the slightest whisper of John Monash. For me reading this book gave me a brand new perspective and pride of our history.
Monash, a Colonel in Gallipoli and who at the end of that campaign was moved to the Western front. He was promoted to General and where for the first time in our history Australian troops were rallied and fought together under Australian leadership.
Monash, an engineer, was a meticulous planner. He thought outside the box and wasn’t constained by the British old boy network. His planning and the battles launched by Australian troops on the Western front broke the English / German trench deadlock.
William (Little Billy Big Ears) Hughes, Australia’s incumbent PM was also in London. The career politician who initially lobbied long and hard for Australian rights and Australian recognition suddenly became paranoid.
Understanding the love the Australian troops held for Monash, he rushed home at the end of the war and started to white ant Monash. The slimy little c.nt was shit scared a successful general returning home would pose a threat to his power. Worse still, in his mind, tens of thousands of soldiers returning after years abroad fighting completely loyal to Monash could overthrow the government.
Hughes was a c.nt, and a politician. Monash had no such aspirations.
So anyway, funny how, I think anyway, Scott Morrison is a complete c.nt. And the leaders of our emergency services are suddenly emerging as organised, efficient, competent and decent people.
There is hope.
TL;DR
ScoMo is a useless c.nt. As are most of our career politicians. Fortunately, we still have leaders who do stand up in times of need
And John Monash is a dead set legend
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