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Funny, isn’t it? While the Iraqi prime minister is issuing statements letting the world know that he’s not in the pocket of the Bush Administration, the Australian prime minister is issuing statements letting the world know that he is.
Mr Howard:
Australian troops must stay in Iraq to maintain the country’s friendship with the United States, […]

I’ll tell you something no-one has discussed: the effect on the Howard Government if the Republican Party loses control of one or both Houses of Congress in the November mid-term elections. I mean, I’m not convinced they will lose control of either, but if they do…
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Great news from the diplomatic front. Not only does Australia have a new US Ambassador, but he’s like, totally cool with the whole think-for-yourself thing:
“I want to get out across the entire continent of Australia” to say that “it’s OK to disagree with this US policy or that US policy but still be pro-American […]

Under a headline that proclaimed “Canberra push reaps rich rewards”, Greg Sheridan had a column the other day that lauded the brilliance of John Howard’s use of, amongst other things, the Iraq war to help cement Australia-US ties. Forget for a moment that what Sheridan actually identifies is a Howard-Bush relationship more than a […]

While the PM swans around the world on secret brown-noser’s business, Kim Beazley nailed the difference between respecting the US-Australia allaince (the Labor position) and turning Australia into a rubber stamp for any stupid stunt any stupid American administration wants to pull (the Howard position):
Asked what he thought of the meeting (between Bush and Howard), […]