February 12, 2007
John Howard, Barack Obama, and Right Blogistan
I see Right Blogistan is speaking up for the rights of foreigners to interfere in American politics. How ... cosmopolitan of them!
And of course they're right that it would be terrible to have a President with the guts to speak up for himself when attacked. If Barack Obama wants to prove his fitness for the White House, he'd better practice acting like a doormat.
Just for the record, though: Obama's spokesman didn't call John Howard a "chickenhawk." He pointed out that Australia has about 1% of soldiers in Iraq. He didn't point out what is also true: that the Aussies aren't doing even 1% of the killing and dying. So far they've lost one soldier, in a barracks shooting. If John Howard is so eager to fight the terrorists in Iraq, why doesn't he have his soldiers actually, y'know, fighting the terrorists in Iraq?
Answer: it would be as much as his political life was worth. Howard may fear a victory for al Qaeda in Iraq, but not nearly as he fears a victory for the Labor Party in Australia.
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