John Howard and Obama - A bump in the night

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/a-bump-in-the-night-how-howard-debunked-obama/2009/01/07/1231004089152.html
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The day after Mr Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency in 2007, Mr Howard said Mr Obama's pledge to remove troops by March 31, 2008, would encourage the terrorists.

"I think he's wrong. I think that will just encourage those who want to completely destabilise and destroy Iraq, and create chaos and a victory for the terrorists to hang on and hope for an Obama victory," Mr Howard told the Nine Network.

"If I were running al-Qaeda in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008 and be praying as many times as possible for a victory not only for Obama but also for the Democrats."

Mr Obama responded equally stridently.

"I think it's flattering that one of George Bush's allies on the other side of the world started attacking me the day after I announced," Mr Obama told reporters from the campaign trail.

"I would also note that we have close to 140,000 troops in Iraq, and my understanding is Mr Howard has deployed 1400, so if he is ... to fight the good fight in Iraq, I would suggest that he calls up another 20,000 Australians and sends them to Iraq.

"Otherwise it's just a bunch of empty rhetoric."

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1. Howard, get your a__ out of Blair House!!! n/t