Thoughts on the Iraq War
Jan. 11th, 2007 12:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
melwil1. Am I the only person who has trouble believing anything George W. Bush says? "We're going to win the war." Yeah. Right. "Increased troop numbers will be welcomed" Pull the other one. "My name is George W. Bush" sorry, I just don't buy that . . .
2. Can someone please teach him to say 'nuclear'? Please!
3. On to a more serious thought. My gut feeling at the moment is that a large amount of pressure is now going to be put on the Australian government to embed our forces with Iraqi forces. This morning, there was an article quoting the Australian defense force head saying that Australians won't mind troop losses in Iraq. (Of course it gets trickier when it comes to bringing the right body home). Then Bush continued to talk about troops being embedded. We've already been asked on at least one previous occasion. It all seems to add up.
Will Howard give in to the pressure? Well, it is an election year, so my feeling is that Howard's going to pay very close attention to Australian reaction to the Bush plan. There's no way that he'll do anything this year that would lose him major votes, not even for Bush.
Am I totally insane on thinking this? And what would it mean if we were asked, and if Howard did go throuh with it? Thoughts?
2. Can someone please teach him to say 'nuclear'? Please!
3. On to a more serious thought. My gut feeling at the moment is that a large amount of pressure is now going to be put on the Australian government to embed our forces with Iraqi forces. This morning, there was an article quoting the Australian defense force head saying that Australians won't mind troop losses in Iraq. (Of course it gets trickier when it comes to bringing the right body home). Then Bush continued to talk about troops being embedded. We've already been asked on at least one previous occasion. It all seems to add up.
Will Howard give in to the pressure? Well, it is an election year, so my feeling is that Howard's going to pay very close attention to Australian reaction to the Bush plan. There's no way that he'll do anything this year that would lose him major votes, not even for Bush.
Am I totally insane on thinking this? And what would it mean if we were asked, and if Howard did go throuh with it? Thoughts?
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on 2007-01-11 03:43 am (UTC)Business as usual.
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on 2007-01-11 04:28 am (UTC)I think he'll do it if our troops are embedded with 'safe' Iraqi units. I don't think he wouldn't do it in Baghdad. And Bush wouldn't give him a dangerous one - wanting Howard to win here again.
I think Howard's more concerned about Rudd than he ever was about Beasley, Crean or Latham. Rudd's got massive popular appeal because of his time on Sunrise, and he's a manipulative bastard at times, changing things just enough to get votes.
I'm interested to see how this one plays out.