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Friday, March 18, 2005

Once Again, Australia Comes to the Side of America

I said it before and I say it again: there is only one country in the world outside America that sides with America, time and time again, and yet America never did anything for it - never sent it billions of dollars it will never see (unlike Europe), never had to send soldiers to save it from radical lunatics (unlike Europe - in two wars), and yet this country seems to side with America and send troops to fight side by side with Americans. Which country is this? Australia, of course. And Prime Minister John Howard, no matter his faults, is one of the great world leaders currently serving.

This feeling I have for the Australian government and the Australian people is only reinforced when I see a story like the following:

Australia won't rule out replacing Italian troops quitting Iraq

SYDNEY (AFP) - Prime Minister John Howard refused to rule out sending more Australian troops to Iraq after Italy's surprise decision to pull its 3,000 soldiers from the war-torn country.

Australia announced last month that it would deploy an additional 450 soldiers to southern Iraq to help protect a Japanese humanitarian project and train Iraqi troops after the withdrawal of 1,400 Dutch military from the area.

That decision was opposed by most Australians and Howard came under sharp questioning in parliament Wednesday over whether he would again boost the number of Australian troops in Iraq to fill the gap left by the Italian pullout.

"We don't have any current plans to increase that number, but I cannot rule out some changes in the future and I don't intend to do so," Howard said, adding that Australia had received no requests for more troops.

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer earlier had described the chances of more deployments to Iraq as "highly unlikely".

"We don't have any intention of sending any further troops to Iraq at this stage," he said.

Italy's contingent was the fourth largest in Iraq after those from the United States, Britain and South Korea.


Now, Howard may decide not to send more troops. But for him to not rule it out, for him to even consider doing more while the Italians do less and the French and Germans do nothing is one reason why Americans should salute John Howard of Australia as a true statesman.

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