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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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From: LindyBill7/21/2005 12:06:19 PM
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John Howard’s Excellent Lecture
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I just caught the last few minutes of Tony Blair and John Howard’s joint press conference. A reporter asked if the latest attacks in London were proof that the war on terror was being lost and that the action in Iraq had made things worse. John Howard gave the most straight forward and spot on answer I have heard given to such a question. I hate to even try to characterize what he said because I can’t remember the exact words and could never do them justice. I will post a transcript and video link when available.

Until then I will just say that he told the reporter that the war on terror would be lost if we ever started deciding the foreign policies of our countries according to what terrorists dictated. He pointed out many of the terrorist attacks that had taken place prior to the action in Iraq. He specifically cited Australia’s action in East Timor which was given by bin Laden as the reason behind an earlier attack on Australians and asked it that meant they should not have intervened in East Timor. He said that the evidence showed that the action in Iraq was not the start of terrorist attacks and that questions like the reporter’s were not based on evidence, but on supposition. Howard reminded me of a wise old man patiently lecturing a child who had just asked an incredibly stupid question.
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