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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: techguerrilla who wrote (52205)	10/9/2004 11:03:58 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Australia and their citizens are some of the most intelligent, brave, and loving people on this Big Blue Marble. I've been thinking Howard was going to win, because he actually deserved to. He bought into Bush's lies, but so did I. I believed what Bush was putting down to me about WMDs, the connection to 9/11, and I even believed Bush about the nuclear weapons. That SOB faked my ass out. He fooled me once big time. Sioux

To: techguerrilla who wrote (52205)	10/10/2004 12:03:58 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Australia has 850 troops in Iraq ..... like wow! Australia originally had 2,000 but things are going so well in Iraq they felt comfortable pulling out 1,150. jttmab

To: techguerrilla who wrote (52205)	10/10/2004 12:23:49 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Howard probably won because he may have guaranteed not to send more. Additionally, he probably pointed out that he has reduced the troop strength from 2000 to 850, which the Australians saw as a phased pullout.