Australian PM Howard’s “Empty Rhetoric”
John Howard, the Prime Minister of Australia, made the questionable decision to attack Sen. Obama the day after he announced his presidential campaign, saying that if he were running al Qaeda in Iraq, he would “pray, as many times as possible, for a victory not only for Obama, but also for the Democrats.”
Hopefully he was ready for the smackdown he got in response.
Obama, campaigning in Iowa, told reporters Sunday he’s flattered that one of Bush’s allies “started attacking me the day after I announced (his presidential run) — I take that as a compliment.”
The Democratic presidential hopeful said if the Australian prime minister was “ginned up to fight the good fight in Iraq,” he needs to send another 20,000 Australians to the war.
“Otherwise, it’s just a bunch of empty rhetoric,” Obama said.
The Illinois Democrat dismissed the suggestion that his election would help terrorist groups, noting that even the Bush administration’s “own intelligence agencies have indicated that the threat of terrorism has increased as a consequence of our actions over there.”
February 12th, 2007 at 1:38 pm EST
poor John Howard. he had to do something flamboyant to deflect attention from his sinking campaign ship. I guess that he is hoping that the enemy of his enemy is his friend. or will at least vote for him.