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Australia sticks by U.S. in Iraq despite Kerry rhetoric
The Union Leader ^ | sept 26 2004 | Charles Krauthammer

Posted on 09/26/2004 3:12:10 AM PDT by sopwith

Edited on 09/26/2004 7:26:26 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

OF ALL OUR allies in the world, which is the only one to have joined the United States in the foxhole in every war in the last 100 years? Not Britain, not Canada, certainly not France. The answer is Australia.


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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: allies; allyaustralia; downunder; johnhoward; kerry; krauthammer; multinational; staythecourse
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1 posted on 09/26/2004 3:12:10 AM PDT by sopwith
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To: sopwith

Yes Australia is doing a good job. We believe in a "fair go" for people. We are a small nation in population numbers but we have a big heart.

Viva the Great Southern Land !


2 posted on 09/26/2004 3:14:26 AM PDT by Bandaneira (The Third Temple/House for All Nations/World Peace Centre...Coming Soon...)
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To: sopwith
How can anyone honestly believe that John F'n Kerry is capable of building a multinational coalition to accomplish anything when all that stupid bastard does is run around insulting the intelligence and intentions of our allies?

Kerry's a jerk, a jackass and a jackov. God help us if he ever gets elected to the Office of the President.

3 posted on 09/26/2004 3:14:48 AM PDT by Prime Choice (It is dangerous to be right when wicked is called 'good.')
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To: Prime Choice

"This Kerry spokesman, undermining a key ally on the eve of a critical election, is no rogue political operative. She is the head of Americans Overseas for Kerry — Diana Kerry, sister to John."


Calling our allies “window dressing” and “a coalition of the coerced and the bribed” is her brother Kerry's sensitive and nuanced approach to diplomacy and building multinational coalitions.

God bless our Aussie allies.


4 posted on 09/26/2004 3:24:50 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL on issues of national security for two decades)
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To: MEG33; KangarooJacqui; shaggy eel
Aussies: Kerry's idea of window dressing.


ANZAC's at Gallipoli

5 posted on 09/26/2004 3:29:55 AM PDT by risk
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To: sopwith

I've thanked every single conservative Australian I know several times for their country's support for the past 100 years. That would be about all of the ones I know - 6 or 7 of them.

It is odd how Canadians are exactly the opposite, 9/10 Canadians I know are liberal, ignorant, socialists who subscribe to moral relativism... by naming themselves moral universalists. (Moral relativism by another name.)


6 posted on 09/26/2004 3:32:30 AM PDT by coconutt2000
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To: Prime Choice
What do you care about Kerry undermining the alliance with Australia.

According to you they are just a bunch of "effeminate pantywaists" down there.

7 posted on 09/26/2004 3:33:27 AM PDT by IrvingSplotnick
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To: IrvingSplotnick
According to you they are just a bunch of "effeminate pantywaists" down there.

Yes, for forking over your gun rights so readily.

And your whining about my opinion now in the middle of an unrelated thread isn't doing much to improve your reputation, sport.

8 posted on 09/26/2004 3:35:05 AM PDT by Prime Choice (It is dangerous to be right when wicked is called 'good.')
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To: IrvingSplotnick

One does not carry conversations from one thread to another...


9 posted on 09/26/2004 3:40:41 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL on issues of national security for two decades)
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To: Prime Choice
I couldn't care less about my reputation here, sport.

Just reminding you of your insult to Australians delivered on a thread about the terrorist attack on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. A thread totally unrelated to Australia's gun laws.

And you object to me posting this on an unrelated thread...LOL

10 posted on 09/26/2004 3:42:55 AM PDT by IrvingSplotnick
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To: IrvingSplotnick
I couldn't care less about my reputation here, sport.

Considering that you joined up a mere 20 days ago, you're really treading into troll territory in a PDQ fashion.

Look...grow a thicker hide, wise up a bit, and then we'll talk. Until then, shove off, troll.

11 posted on 09/26/2004 3:44:51 AM PDT by Prime Choice (It is dangerous to be right when wicked is called 'good.')
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To: Prime Choice
shove off, troll

Sure, no worries mate. Had enough of the insults from you anyway.

12 posted on 09/26/2004 3:51:02 AM PDT by IrvingSplotnick
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To: IrvingSplotnick
Sure, no worries mate. Had enough of the insults from you anyway.

*patting you on the head* That's nice, newbie. Now run along, little one.

(Sheesh...children these days...)

13 posted on 09/26/2004 3:53:51 AM PDT by Prime Choice (It is dangerous to be right when wicked is called 'good.')
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To: Prime Choice

piss weak.


14 posted on 09/26/2004 3:54:40 AM PDT by IrvingSplotnick
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To: Prime Choice
From the story:

“John Kerry’s campaign has warned Australians that the Howard government’s support for the U.S. in Iraq has made them a bigger target for international terrorists.” So reports The Australian (Sept. 18).

There's one word - and only one word - that sums up Kerry on this issue:

T R E A S O N

Ann Coulter's evaluation of liberals like Kerry is proven correct yet again.

15 posted on 09/26/2004 3:56:14 AM PDT by billclintonwillrotinhell
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To: billclintonwillrotinhell
There's one word - and only one word - that sums up Kerry on this issue: T R E A S O N Ann Coulter's evaluation of liberals like Kerry is proven correct yet again.

Absolutely right. Kerry's done little but offer aid and comfort to every enemy the United States has had. He did so with the Viet Cong, he did so with the Sandinistas. He also thought that Saddam Hussein should have continued to rule Kuwait following the invasion. And in recent months, he championed the terrorist Imam, Moqtada al-Sadr as a "legitimate voice" in Iraq.

Ain't no doubt about it: Kerry is a latter-day Benedict Arnold. Period.

16 posted on 09/26/2004 3:58:36 AM PDT by Prime Choice (It is dangerous to be right when wicked is called 'good.')
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To: Prime Choice
He also thought that Saddam Hussein should have continued to rule Kuwait following the invasion.

I hope President Bush hammers Kerry on that point during the first debate. Mr. Windsurfer keeps saying Bush should've built a bigger international coalition before going to Iraq. However, when Bush's father was able to do just that before the first Gulf War, Traitor Kerry voted for the Butcher of Baghdad's invasion of Kuwait to stand.

17 posted on 09/26/2004 4:10:18 AM PDT by billclintonwillrotinhell
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To: sopwith
Thanks for the post sopwith.

I welcome the chance to again give my sincerest Thank You for the support from our Australian allies!

I've never been to Australia, but while training at Ft. Sam years ago, we ran into some Australian soldiers on the riverwalk who were also in the San Antonio TX area for some training. Much back slapping and drink buying was done that night.

To this day wherever I meet an Aussie, the first drink is on me. And if she looks like a young Olivia Newton John then its the first 2 drinks.
18 posted on 09/26/2004 4:12:21 AM PDT by libs_kma (FU*K HANOI JOHN AND THE HORSE HE'S MARRIED TOO!!!)
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To: sopwith

John Kerry isn't Hanoi John now, but Paris John or Fallujah John.

God bless PM Howard and the Australian people.


19 posted on 09/26/2004 4:18:20 AM PDT by Reader of news
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To: sopwith

Kerry, supreme statesman and foreign policy expert, has managed to offend the only consistent American ally in the last 100 years.

Great job, Traitor John.


20 posted on 09/26/2004 4:19:29 AM PDT by Enduring Freedom (Socialism Is the Enemy of Mankind, Democrats Its Traveling Salesmen)
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