A key ally in the Global War on Terror, Australia, has just returned John Howard to power in an election that the press predicted to be close, but which in fact turned out to be a rout. . . . Had Latham unseated Howard, Australia would almost certainly have scaled back its commitments to the US alliance. . . . The really horrifying thing about Howard's victory for Labor is that it proves that packaging and spin are ultimately dead ends. It is a cul-de-sac lined with klieg lights and celebrity occasions, but there is no exit all the same because it is the platform of the Labor party that is rotten. The hodge-podge of wacky environmentalists, professional victims, special sexual pleaders etc. have laid a dead hand on attempts to regard any issue, like the War on Terror, with anything approaching common sense. How else to explain why Labor should offer a country of 20 million people, living in close proximity to Indonesia, the chance to downgrade their alliance with the United States.Here's hoping Americans have as much common sense as Australians. More from Silent Running.
If the Left were thinking clearly, it would realize that the single most striking aspect of George W. Bush is how ordinary he is. There is nothing in his strategy to combat terrorism beyond a refined common sense. . . . Let's welcome back on to the world stage the man deemed intellectually inferior to all his Labor opponents; a person said to be singularly lacking in refinement and bereft of nuance. The man who for nearly ten years beat them all and has won another term. Australian Prime Minister John Howard.
I will enjoy seeing Kerry's sister crawl home with her tail between her legs.
I hope now Bush will start including Australia when he lists coalition leaders he talks to. (I am assuming he didn't mention Howard in the debate last night because he didn't want to say anything that might affect the election.)
Congratulations, Afganistan! You have passed the first test: holding an election in which the majority participated, with mimimal violence. Your next test will be to settle competing claims about the results and fine-tune your voting procedures. We have also had some trouble with this. In a few years, if your recently elected administration is accepted and is able to govern, you will face the test of making a peaceful, orderly transition of power to the next elected administration.
BTW, the Afgan election has been over for hours - isn't Kerry due to hold a press conference denouncing the election as a sham and the new administration as puppets?
Of course, Kerry has never been specific about which countries he thinks would make better allies than the ones we have now, and why, and no one has asked him. But the names France and Germany do come up. Some reminders of why France is not our friend.
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