Barack Obama Watch: Howard – If He Ran Al Qaeda, He Would Put a Circle Around March Next Year and Pray for Senator Obama to Win
Australian Prime Minister John Howard hasdefended the size of Australia’s troop deployment in Iraq after a stinging rebuke from White House hopeful Barack Obama, calling Canberra’s contribution “appropriate”. Howard sparked the dispute on Sunday when he said that Obama’s plan to get US troops out of Iraq by March 31 next year would seal a US defeat and be welcomed as a victory by terrorists.
ABC News: PM stands by Obama attack
Prime Minister John Howard has defended his comments about United States presidential candidate Barack Obama’s proposed policies.
The spat erupted when Democrat Senator Obama said he would like US troops out of Iraq by March 2008.
Mr Howard responded by saying that if he ran Al Qaeda, he would put a circle around March next year and pray for Senator Obama to win.
The attack on Senator Obama’s plan has upset several US Democrats, including Senator Ron Wyden, who believes Mr Howard is meddling in US politics.
“The most charitable thing you can say about Mr Howard’s comment is it’s bizarre,” Senator Wyden said.
“You know, we’ll make our own judgements in this country with respect to elections and Barack Obama’s a terrific public servant.”
However, Mr Howard says the suggestion he is interfering in US politics is absurd.
Senator Wyden of Oregon is a WIMP and Barack is NOT READY for PRIME TIME.
Prime Minister Howard had every right to say what he did. It really is common sense.
And Hillary?
The silence is deafening.
Stay tuned…..
Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama, D-IL, speaks during a press conference at the Hilton Coliseum of Iowa State University, in Ames, Iowa. Obama blasted Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard’s complaint about his plan to bring US troops home from Iraq as “empty rhetoric.”
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Crankshaft
It doesn’t matter how many troops Barack Obama challenges Howard to send to Iraq.
I think Howard is more concerned about his own image back home if the US withdraws its troops and cuts its losses.
Bush is on his way out. Nothing can hurt him now. Howard has plenty to lose. And I’m sure he remembers all the Australians who were affected by the past bombings in Bali.
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Yep,
All the politicos take care of their own arses – as they say down under.