AUSTRALIANS REJECT JOHN HOWARD, BUSH ALLY, AS PRIME MINISTER

Good news from Australia. Voters have defeated John Howard, prime minister for the last 11 years, and so not only has he lost his post as prime minister but even his seat as a member of the Australian parliament.

Howard was always lapping at the side of Bush and Cheney. He committed Australian troops to Iraq and refused to consider pulling them out. He sided with Bush and Cheney in rejecting the Kyoto Treaty. He was a favorite the Bush administration and he supported all the other disastrous Bush/Cheney policies.

Congratulations to the people of Australia for kicking Howard out of office. Another Bush/Cheney ally loses office!