April 29, 2004
Australian possibly killed in Iraq (Updated)
Apr. 29 - There is a possibility that an Australian civilian has been shot and killed in Basra (
Australian killed in Iraq) although other reports state the victim was a South African.
What can one say about Australia? Staunch friend and good ally hardly covers it. Their military is top-notch, and PM John Howard has shown firm resolve against Zimbabwe's Mugabe and has been solid in his leadership of anti-terrorism in the South Pacific and Asia.
It irritates me that our media pays scant attention to any part of the world that isn't France, but then I don't pay much attention to the media.
Whether the victim is Australian or South African is less important, though, than the sober fact that civilians who are trying to rebuild Iraq are targeted by a cowardly enemy that hides behind anonymity while agitating against coalition forces because the infrastructure isn't being built as rapidly as everyone wants it to be.
I could warn the murderers that it isn't a good idea to piss off Australians, but I doubt they'd listen. They never do.
Apr. 30 - 00:13: The victim was from South Africa.
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While Kerry seems to champion "nuance" as a method of pleasing other countries, I think he steps on himself in the most recent Kerry ad I saw (and certainly scares me even more.)
The ad is his response to accusations that he doesn't have a plan for Iraq. He says, "I'll tell you EXACTLY what I plan for Iraq." (He seemed angry about it as well.) He said he'd reach out to all the countries of the world. "Reaching out" is an exact plan?
Anyway, the scariest part to me was that he said American soldiers were going "...almost ALONE...."
Almost alone.
Kerry, who wants to make peace with countries whose allegiances are based on Realpolitik rather than friendship, succeeds in belittling the brave and relatively expensive contributions of countries like Australia and Italy.
Thank you for writing in support of Australia! Her support is NOT insignificant in my book.
Posted by: Michael in Minnesota at April 29, 2004 12:17 PM (DQnQG)
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Welcome aboard, Michael!
I admit, I'm very partial to Australians. They are the only people who, if they called us wimps, the best I could hope for would be to argue them to a draw.
Posted by: Debbye at April 29, 2004 02:24 PM (iMG32)
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