Although we don't celebrate Thanksgiving here in the Land Down Under, we had something to be truly thankful for on the weekend when we kicked John Howard out of office in a landslide.
Howard was often described by W as his 'Man Of Steel' for his support in the Iraq invasion and occupation. In fact we provided little in the way of boots on the ground in Iraq (about 2,000 out of about 50,000 available)as we did have other responsibilities closer to home (East Timor, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands) but Howard was always been a staunch supporter of W's ludicrous adventurism.
Our new PM, Kevin Rudd will reduce forces in Iraq though it's likely more forces will be rotated to Afghanistan where we all know a shit load of work still needs to be done there and on the border with Pakistan (Osama who?).
In less than 50 weeks you may also have something to be truly thankful for.
Thank you for not posting your favorite/worst/traditional/vegetarian Thanksgiving recipe!
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Dear Jeff
ReplyDeleteAlthough we don't celebrate Thanksgiving here in the Land Down Under, we had something to be truly thankful for on the weekend when we kicked John Howard out of office in a landslide.
Howard was often described by W as his 'Man Of Steel' for his support in the Iraq invasion and occupation. In fact we provided little in the way of boots on the ground in Iraq (about 2,000 out of about 50,000 available)as we did have other responsibilities closer to home (East Timor, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands) but Howard was always been a staunch supporter of W's ludicrous adventurism.
Our new PM, Kevin Rudd will reduce forces in Iraq though it's likely more forces will be rotated to Afghanistan where we all know a shit load of work still needs to be done there and on the border with Pakistan (Osama who?).
In less than 50 weeks you may also have something to be truly thankful for.
Don't get too stuffed on pumpkin pie.