You know, I had never known that, Inkie. What a good memory you have. And yes, Mr. Howard is strong and smart as a whip, and did indeed dodge a bullet keeping those folks out of his country.
We took great interest in those "asylum seekers". We were in Ireland at the time, and it was on the news every night. Of course, everything that happened during that holiday is still clear in my memory, as we were there when, only a few days later, it was 9/1l and the world started looking very, very different.
John Howard is the best. I care a great deal because I lived in Oz for nearly 10 years.