“If I were running Al Qaeda [1] in Iraq,” Mr. Howard said, “I would put a circle around March 2008 and be praying as many times as possible for a victory not only for Obama but also for the Democrats.”
So sayeth John Howard [2], Prime Minister of Austrailia. Video here [3].
To which Barack Obama, playboy from Chicago and supposed democrat canidate for president said:
“If he’s ginned up to fight the good fight in Iraq, I would suggest that he calls up another 20,000 Australians and send them to Iraq,” Mr. Obama said. “Otherwise, it’s just a bunch of empty rhetoric.”
To which the liberal blogosphere say – not much.
Obama response shows couple of thing. One, Obama is mathmatically challenged. The population of the United States is circa three hundred million, Australian twenty million. The level of troop commitments is about proportional.
Two, Obama is still wet behind the ears and not ready for prime time.
As to the left stream blogosphere’s lack of response, the lefties have utterlly no problem with left wing wack jobs who go to foreign nations to criticize our president. Howard might have figured what was good enough for Bill Nelson was good enough for him.
(H/T video: Tom DeLay [4] )