THE CORRECT ANSWER

Yesterday, staunch U.S. and British ally Australian Prime Minister John Howard was paying a visit to 10 Downing Street to speak to Tony Blair.

In the press conference afterward, he was asked by somebody from the media named Paul if he thought the attacks in London were a result of the war in Iraq. His answer to that question is a masterpiece:

"Can I just say very directly, Paul, on the issue of the policies of my
government and indeed the policies of the British and American governments on
Iraq, that the first point of reference is that once a country allows its
foreign policy to be determined by terrorism, it's given the game away, to use
the vernacular. And no Australian government that I lead will ever have policies
determined by terrorism or terrorist threats, and no self-respecting government
of any political stripe in Australia would allow that to happen. Can I remind
you that the murder of 88 Australians in Bali took place before the operation in
Iraq. And I remind you that the 11th of September occurred before the operation
in Iraq."

Perhaps when his term down under is over, Prime Minister Howard could come to America, and run for office here in the states. We could use some non-appeasers like him.

God Bless,
Dan'L