Gina-Marie CheesemanWho would Osama Bin Laden vote for??
February 12th 2007 08:37
John Howard proclaimed yesterday that members of Al Qaeda and its leader Osama Bin Laden would be hoping for a victory for U.S. presidential candidate Barak Obama but one might think if Osama was in the polling booth he may well cast his vote for a republican who cares to continue with aggressive US military policies.
There has been no better recruiting tool for Al Qaeda then continual footage of Muslims being attacked and killed by US lead forces and with everyday of continued US presence in Iraq along with other countries such as Afghanistan and Somalia as well as continued threats to Iran the line-up to join such organisations grows longer.
Howard’s remarks seem to be a line that has been used by both himself and Bush throughout the Iraq War and that is if you don’t agree with us you must therefore be on the side of the terrorists.
This line has worked locally here in Australia but Barak Obama’s response was to ask as I did myself in a previous blog that if Howard does agree with US policy in Iraq why has he offered such a small token response in Military numbers rather then committing a large force to Iraq. If he truly believes in this policy why not offer more assistance.
The fact of the matter remains that the invasion of Iraq took place under the guise of lies about WMD’s and that both Bush and Howard were quick to claim victory. (Who can ever forget Bush on board the US aircraft carrier claiming victory only weeks after the initial invasion)? Howard claimed at the time that Australian troops would be home in a matter of months not the years as it has been now.
For both Howard and Bush to be claiming some sort of moral high ground now and to be branding anyone who disagrees with there stated policy as being pro- Al Qeada is a nonsense and smacks of arrogance and refusal to see what is happening on the ground.
Is it not time for a change of tact in resolving this problem. Violence and aggression has not solved anything only worsened the terrorist threat.
There has been no better recruiting tool for Al Qaeda then continual footage of Muslims being attacked and killed by US lead forces and with everyday of continued US presence in Iraq along with other countries such as Afghanistan and Somalia as well as continued threats to Iran the line-up to join such organisations grows longer.
Howard’s remarks seem to be a line that has been used by both himself and Bush throughout the Iraq War and that is if you don’t agree with us you must therefore be on the side of the terrorists.
This line has worked locally here in Australia but Barak Obama’s response was to ask as I did myself in a previous blog that if Howard does agree with US policy in Iraq why has he offered such a small token response in Military numbers rather then committing a large force to Iraq. If he truly believes in this policy why not offer more assistance.
The fact of the matter remains that the invasion of Iraq took place under the guise of lies about WMD’s and that both Bush and Howard were quick to claim victory. (Who can ever forget Bush on board the US aircraft carrier claiming victory only weeks after the initial invasion)? Howard claimed at the time that Australian troops would be home in a matter of months not the years as it has been now.
For both Howard and Bush to be claiming some sort of moral high ground now and to be branding anyone who disagrees with there stated policy as being pro- Al Qeada is a nonsense and smacks of arrogance and refusal to see what is happening on the ground.
Is it not time for a change of tact in resolving this problem. Violence and aggression has not solved anything only worsened the terrorist threat.
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