wow, how the tides of allied forces have turned.  Now we are looking at France as our biggest supporter on the war on terror, especially since the Labor party in Australia recently ousted John Howard.

Mark Steyn weighing in on the loss of a great leader in Australia, John Howard.

ACCORDING to my Oz-watching pals in Britain and the US, John Howard is not a failure but a victim of his own success. He made Australia safe for the Labor Party: or, at any rate, safe enough that a sufficient number of bored electors were willing to take a flier on a house-trained Labor on the short leash of a quasi-Blairite leader. Read the rest