Posted on 02/15/2007 11:43:15 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
Prime Minister John Howard's final news conference during his trip to Wellington has ended abruptly with his New Zealand counterpart Helen Clark walking out.
Sections of the New Zealand press corp zeroed in on the gulf between John Howard and Helen Clark over Iraq, asking whether Ms Clark thought things were better or worse in Iraq as a result of the 2003 invasion.
"Well, I don't really want to go down that track today," she said.
When questioning persisted, Ms Clark called an abrupt halt to the press conference.
"I'm sorry, you endeavour to heckle from the back row of every news conference I give and you are not going to do it to this one," she said.
Mr Howard is now on his way home.
Nasty.
A better report of what actually went down can be found here
Are Japan and Germany better off after American intervention in WWII?
I reckon they just might be...
But Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey said Australia had to support its friends.
"America are our mates, they've made huge sacrifices for us in the past, we have to stand by America when they are in trouble as well, that is what mateship is about," Mr Hockey said."
God Bless and protect Australia, New Zealand, Britan, Canada, Poland and all our allies and friends around the world..
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