Australian PM slams Hussein

Fox News is reporting that John Howard has slammed Barrack Hussein Obama one day after he announced his candidacy for President of the United States. Good for him.

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

Top al-Qaeda leaders said they want Democrats elected, and were elated at the Democratic victory in November 2006, so Howard's statement is beyond refute.

Howard also said that an American defeat in Iraq would be a disaster. That prompted Hussein:

If Howard had hoped to deter Obama, that's not the response he got from the freshman senator. Attacking the U.S. and Australian leaders at once, Obama said pre-war intelligence shows that President Bush was wrong to go into Iraq. He added that "the threat of terrorism has increased as a consequence of our actions in Iraq."

"Howard may have quibbles with our intelligence estimates. Maybe he has better ones?" Obama said.

"I would also note that we have close to 140,000 troops on the ground now. And my understanding is that Mr. Howard has deployed 1,400. So if he's ginned up to fight the good fight in Iraq, I would suggest, he calls up another 20,000 Australians and sends them up to Iraq," he continued.

Hussein, by saying "the threat of terrorism has increased," reveals the common liberal fear of Muslims. Al-Qaeda supports Democrats for precisely this reason: Democrats are too afraid to fight.

Australia is our best ally in the world today, and if Hussein becomes president, the relationship will sour.