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Article of The Day - 2/20/2007
BBC -
Australia PM slams US candidate
Australian PM John
Howard has criticised US presidential hopeful Barack Obama for
saying US troops should withdraw from Iraq next year.
His comments came soon after Mr Obama officially announced he
would seek the Democratic Presidential nomination.
I found this article to be very interesting in the fact that it shows that there
is still support for the failed Iraq policy taken on by president bush. Mr.
Howard's comments in my opinion crossed the line in the fact that he is sending
signals on how American policy should be taken while he should focus on his own
countries policies first and foremost. He claims that terrorists will be praying
day in and day out for a Democratic victory in the next Presidential elections
and this I think is just as mindless as some rhetoric that comes from the
current administration.
Senator Obama did not appear to be down after these comments as he himself fired
back at the Australian Prime Minister after his comments. Obama pointed out that
although Mr. Howard supported the war all the way he has only sent 1400 troops
to fight in Iraq while 150,000 American soldiers have been sent. I agree
with Mr. Obama on this one if you support the war to the fullest then you should
take over in Iraq.
