The New York Post slams Democratic senator Barack Obama for his unjustified attack on John Howard BARACK Obama, all of 25 months removed from the Illinois state legislature, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the US on Saturday, and immediately began trading harsh words with the leader of one of America's oldest and most reliable allies. In the process, the freshman senator revealed truly breathtaking naivete ... Prime Minister John Howard's standing in this debate derives from the fact that Australia once again has troops deployed with US forces in a war zone, as it did in both world...