Get over it, we weren't at the heart of World War II

[Sgt Barker]

To be completely honest with you Shane, I haven't heard too much about such things here in the states, maybe it's a bigger issue in Australia? I do try and stay on top of global issues, but maybe that's just not front page news here. The article could (from one POV) just be trying to fabricate controversy where none exists, saying things like, "He's going to upset a lot of people who hold the blah blah blah", when in reality, there are few, if any, folks who would dissent from his position. :dunno:

Having lived in Oz (Brisbane) in 95-96 it was a big deal then. You would have thought the "The Kokoda Trail" was up there with Alamein, Stalingrad and Midway. Great time there, great people, but the view of WWII from the average guy was pretty over the top. (It was much like it is here IMO in that most didn't know squat about WWII, and what people did "know" just wasn't true.)