POLITICS: Blair Win Would Endorse War: John Howard.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard stated today during a radio interview that
following his and George W. Bush' recent election victories, the re-election of
Prime Minister Tony Blair would be seen as an endorsement of the military action
taken to oust Saddam Hussein' regime.

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This may be wishful thinking on the part of John Howard. In the case of the recent Australian election, Howard' Liberal Party won as a result of two main reasons. One being a good economic track record and the fact that the opposition were 'light' on policies. And of course Howard and Bush will back Blair, because a loss would be seen as a fracture of the coalition.

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Intersting report Sanc.. It does seem that the three men are and will be linked in the history books. I think a Blair win does give them a mandate for the war on Iraq, at least within thier respective countries. Italy and Japan are also in that fold as well. Japan recently re-upped its troop commitment for another year.

Good point Fred. The decision by Junichiro Koizumi to deploy troops to Iraq caused a large backlash within his own party, not to mention the Japanese public. As for Silvio Berlusconi, he more or less
thinks he is invincible and is basically a billionare entrepreneur who also happens to be Italy's
Prime Minister.

Either that, or as in the case of re-election of Bush, it's because of fear. I can see all the fear tactics playing right before my eyes here. We've had nearly three terrorist drills in my city.