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| Australia: Iraq pullout would damage US alliance |
| 2007-01-29 |
| Australia would damage its defense alliance with the United States if Canberra quits Iraq, Prime Minister John Howard warned critics Monday. Howard said he had agreed to send 2,000 troops to back the US and British militaries in the Iraq invasion due to the perceived threat of weapons of mass destruction - but also to preserve Canberra's alliance with Washington, formalized in a 1951 security treaty. "We ... took the decision in part because of our alliance with the United States," Howard told Southern Cross Broadcasting radio. "I have to now deal with a decision," Howard said. "Do we rat on the Americans?" |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 This is Amerika, D***ng it, the mighty USSA = weak anti-sovereign minor SSR/USR, the land of the HONEST/ETHICS = CRIME, GOVT = MAFIA "MONICA DEFENSE" + where Gubmint must first discuss a formal "exit strategy" publicly before we invade anyone. Amerika is not pulling out - WE ARE ATTACKATREATING = RETREATATACKING IN IRAQ, AND DON'T YOUSE ALL FERGIT IT. D *** IT, THE DEMS ARE SERIEUSE ABOUT STOPPING DUBYA ERGO MUST LET DUBYA DO HIS THING. They criticize Dubya ergo SSSSSHHHHHHHH, don't really mean it ergo DUBYA HAS TO GO. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-29 19:55 |
| #1 Not that I don't appreciate the Aussie presence but wouldn't they have been more useful acting as advisors in Thailand, Phillipines and Indonesia? Or would they be unwelcome in those countries? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-01-29 18:20 |