Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Tag: iraq

  • US ship visits are about compliance, not maturity

    Via Radio NZ: On Thursday, United States Vice President Joe Biden confirmed during a meeting with Prime Minister John Key in Auckland that America would send a ship to the…

  • The decontextualisation of ANZAC Day

    Everyone else is giving their reckons on the treatment of ANZAC Day this year, as we commemorate the centenary of the first year of World War I. So here are…

  • QOTD: McFlock on the Iraq deployment

    As highlighted by a moderator at The Standard: So, to recap: John Key is sending soldiers (we can’t identify) into an area (roughly outlined) for a length of time (we’re…

  • Key admits he’s using our troops as vote-bait

    Yesterday in the House, John Key admitted that it’s “no” coincidence that our deployment to Iraq is scheduled to end at the perfect moment – right before the 2017 election.…

  • The price of the club?

    Back in 2003, John Key had an interesting take on whether it was appropriate to send troops to Iraq: he seemed to think the only factor to consider was whether…