Kill the bastard says Downer

In the absence of stupid quotes from Schapelle Corby, I’d like to present one from our foreign minister, Alexander Downer. The guy who trained the guy who blew up the Australian Embassy in Jakarta last year was just convicted in Indonesia and will be killed in a little while. That’s the death penalty for someone who convinced someone else to kill a bunch of people. Downer’s delighted:

“We’re delighted he’s been convicted,” Mr Downer said in London overnight.

“We, of course, don’t have the death sentence in Australia, but that’s a matter for the Indonesians.”

Translation: “No blood on my hands!”. Perhaps we can start calling him “Lady Macbeth”.