Australia to urge Bush to stay the course in Iraq

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http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2006/November/focusoniraq_November90.xml§ion=focusoniraq&col=

CANBERRA - Australia will urge US President George W. Bush to maintain his policies on Iraq despite the electoral backlash against the Republicans, Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday.

US voter anger against the war in Iraq saw Bush’s Republican party lose control of the House of Representatives and possibly Congress in mid-term elections on Wednesday, prompting the resignation of Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

“I will be telling him (Bush) that Australia’s view is that it would be against everybody’s interest, except the terrorists, for the coalition to leave in circumstances of defeat,” Howard told reporters on Thursday.

Howard is due to hold talks with Bush on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Vietnam next week.

Staunch US ally Australia, which has about 1,500 troops in and around Iraq, was one of the first nations to join the 2003 US-led war that ousted former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.

[Waya]

1. Howard needs to shut the hell up......

.......and mind his own crap....

[treestar]

2. Sounds like the Aussie version of a freeper

What biz is it of his, anyway? Al Qaeda probably does not know his country exists, but if it did, would leave them alone except under the circumstance where they send troops to aid Bushitler's world domination attempt.

[Hugin]

3. Mr. Howard... We've reestablished our system of checks-and-balances here in America...

If you want something done... You'll have to speak to all of us.

Particularly, the United States House, which is where decisions about war and conflict
are made.

George is grounded.

[rpannier]

4. John Howard

soon to be only 1 of 3 friends scrub has in the western world:
merkel
and
harper
the other two

[NOLADEM]

5. Awwwwww......Little Howie is scared about being the only war monger left

BWAAAAA HAHAHAHAHA

I wonder if Blair will now become a Baker loving Paleo-Con.

[Selatius]

6. Methinks John Howard is afraid to end up as the last man to leave Iraq

Look at the list of industrialized nations with leaders who decided to join Bush's war:

Spain: Jose Maria Aznar was sacked by the electorate and replaced by Zapatero, a democratic socialist, after he dragged an unwilling country to war, which led to the bloody 3/11 Madrid attacks.
Italy: Berlusconi was sacked by the electorate, too.
Japan: There's a new PM there now; Koizumi (sp?) has since left office.
UK: Blair's time is over, and Labor can't wait for him to retire.
US: Bush loses both Houses of Congress and has lost la carte blanche to wage war.

Austrialia: John Howard is the only leader left in the industrialized world who wishes to "stay the course" in Iraq after the Dems force Bush to "rethink" his direction in Iraq.

[lapfog_1]

7. Ok Howard... we will be expecting 100,000 troops from

Australia, complete with armour and air support and all the rest. Right?

We can count on you, by crikey!

:sarcasm:

[Hubert Flottz]

8. He's afraid he won't get his share of the loot that the CONsters...

promised him.