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Michael, actually the Prime Minister of Great Britain after Margaret Thatcher was John Major.

No doubt a reshuffling of the order of which country has the most influence in the Oval Office is in the offing.

One question: what are the options available to countries, other than boots on the ground, to get into the good graces of the Oval Office?

Thanks.

ML:

Haha, another freudian slip. yes, johnmajor, quite right. what are the options? well, we’re at war after all, so there has to be some cooperation…

David Major? ;^)

ML:

heh, David Major was a terrific FBI guy with whom I worked many years ago…you see what happens when you walk around in the sun without sufficient ozone?

Hi Mike!
How’s Sidny’s weather? Hoping you are doing fine there, at leaset taking warm sun showers; but do care with your skin as Ozone layer isn’t enough thick there!
Anyway, do you remember March 27th? The US missed another faithful ally and now she has to swallow Iran’s big cake alone. So put the slogan of “FASTER PLEASE” more seriously in your nerds’ bald and empty heads after returning California, Thanks.

ML:

wonderful weather, wonderful country, fun people, it’s great to see old friends and look at the world from Down Under for a couple of weeks.

It’s too early to tell if Rudd will be very different frrom Howard on foreign policy. He can’t be any better, that’s for sure…

I have long since given up on “faster please” with this administration…we’re back in pre-9/11 attitudes as you know well…

Heck, we are even back to the pre-911 attitude even in the US, especially as it is reflected in the Bush administration’s generally empty rhetoric, and timid appeasing attitude vis a vis the Iranian dictatorship who is killing more Americans and Iraqis every day. In fact, I have even given up on our very own administration on Iran; let alone Australia’s.

In conservative vs. liberal election cycles, what historically and normally happens is that the trend, for or against, starts with one conservative western government losing in elections, and that is usually the harbinger for more western countries conservative administrations losing in elections, as well, later. The same is true for the liberals losing. The conservative/liberal wins or losses seem to “catch on” and affect other countries elections afterwards.

Australia could be an alarm bell for the Republicans and Rudi Giuliani, to be sure.

Here: with a Barrack Hussein Obama in the White House, Islamic Fascism will have a sweep of successive victories in the Iranian region. With a Hillary in the White House, say good-bye to regime change in Iran, and say Hello to “Grand Bargain” with the Euro-mullahs like Khatami and Rafsanjani.

God only help us.

http://mor2com.blogspot.com/

The Bush Administration is exhausted. Seven years of partisan guerilla warfare by the Democrats coming on top of a real war to fight has left them with no energy except to grimly continue the Iraq Campaign for as long as they can. They have no energy left for anything else. Thus the Conventional Wisdom of the foreign policy elites is floating to the top once again (as Bernard Wooley pointed out in one of the “Yes, Prime Minister” episodes, it isn’t just the cream that floats to the top). This CW is appeasement of the Arabs and other Muslims and stabbing Israel (and other American allies) in the back, so that is what we are getting. Helping your friends and hurting your enemies may not be justice, as Socrates proved, but it makes excellent sense as foreign policy. Somehow State and the CIA always get it backwards: helping our enemies and hurting our friends.

ML:

yes, state and cia are certainly quite consistent.

Indeed, I suspect the “C” in the above “Yes. Prime Minister” reference to “CW” stands for Condi. As for the “W”?…I certainly hope not. What’s more, and to stay with the acronyms theme, is the fact that the “VP” seems to be totally “MIA” in correcting the “Road to Hell” course we are taking towards Islamist-Fascists, especially as it is so painfully obvious now in Iran’s case.

Even Lott is bailing out now. Australia shifted away from conservatism. What’s the next shoe to drop? Nationally and internationally, things are certainly not looking good for Conservatives everywhere, including our own Republicans for ‘08.

This apparent downfall of the conservatives is due to the anti-hero role they have played in: (a) Not having a sensible Islamist-Fascist regimes policy, and (b) Not being able to stop the “Conventional Wisdom” float to the top in their foreign policy towards Islamist-Fascist regimes like the one in Iran.

And that is the best gift the Iranian mullahs have ever received, they cannot be more energetic and gleeful about how everything is turning into their favor right now. They are killing more and more Americans and Iraqis in Iraq through their “Ghods Force” operatives, as well as assassinating Iranian-opposed Iraqi leaders inside Iraq, both for months now. Meanwhile, they are fast making lots of head way towards getting their nuclear weapons goals, as it was made possible by IAEA and Al Baradei’s incompetence and appeasement towards Iran. The regime has sharply turned to Russia, buying everything from political advice, military equipment, commercial airplanes, to nuclear material from them, in effect, becoming a virtual satellite of Putin’s Russia.

And we have allowed all this to happen under our collective noses without imposing any serious consequences to Iran or Russia. Oh sure, there are the ineffective, anemic sanctions at the UNSC once in a while, and then some occasional ‘hot and hollow rhetoric’ spewing out of Washington every now and again, but without any actual teeth behind them.

The fact is the Iranian mullahs know we are losing it in our policy. And as long as our Iran, and overall policy towards Islamist-Fascists, is being cooked up and directed by the likes of Condi Rice, Robert Gates, and other cohorts; “appeasement, retreat, and timidity” will be our foreign policy brand name in the Iranian region, and the Iranian regime will remain firmly in power to cause everyone even more grief for the foreseeable future.

God only help us.

http://mor2com.blogspot.com/

Michael,
I believe you’re right when you say that “boredom” with the status quo, or put another way, desire for change is the key. Not so much conservative vs. liberal. After all, Canada, France, Germany, and now Australia have voted for “change.” And it appears that South Korea will follow suit in their upcoming elections.

This sentiment will make things interesting here in America. Does the public view Hillary as being an agent for change or a return to the past? Will a non-Bush Republican be viewed as a change or more of the same?

Seems to be a trend in most English speaking democracies. Look at what happened to Churchill right after world war II. I can’t quite understand that either. Or the defeat of H.W Bush in 1992 election in the US when he was, AFAIK, doing okay. I think westerners do not appreciate their current status and love the sudden changes. I hope this Rudd guy doesn’t ruin the Australian economy and security presence in the Pacific.

I always knew how Mullahs are fed when it comes to the news and with what junks. As an example, I just received a link to BBC Persia. Meaning the news tailored for Islamist Khomeinists Talibans. I found this piece in Farsi:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/worldnews/story/2007/11/071126_s-oxford-holocaust-debate.shtml

That is about an Oxford conference about holocaust. If you wonder were Khomeinie, Khamenhi, Rafsanjani, or dogs and animals like Ahmadinejad get their ideas about holocaust, look no further. Tow prominent holocaust deniers are attending and student body organizing the meeting has passed the same gas as other LeftOver Marxist. For those guys, it is a free speech the same way it was used to justify Anwar Koje’s Albania during the cold war or Stalin prior to him.

Then I started glancing through BBC English and find no reference to this story whatsoever.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/default.stm

As always I am confused about these BBC and other Brits media policies. What good it contributes to civilization implementing the old Europe and colonial policies of keeping Islamists as stupid as they can be. Don’t Brits think, these policies ultimately hurt entire civilization, not US only?

Khomeinist used Brits to attend their segregated and apartheid-based women only games. After Brits women attended, the Khomeinists were able to spread the game to other Muslim countries and not only in Iran. Now if you are an old Muslim Arab from Jordan or Egypt watching volleyball game between a bunch of Muslim women one group completely covered and another in tight shorts what would you say to the government of Jordan? That is how progress is being stopped and how the people are being kept barbaric. Because the wrong propaganda by BBC apparently in favor of Muslims, glorifies the wrong doing and doesn’t allow Muslim to progress in life.

ML:

And to think that there are people who actually pay for the pleasure of being indoctrinated by these folks.

Your analysis of the Australian election results is superficial if you believe boredom was the reason for this result.

Far and away the biggest issue that led to this result was the Howard government’s industrial relations laws - WorkChoices. These laws were seen to be unfair by most Australians and were deeply unpopular.

Outgoing Liberal Industrial Relations Minister Joe Hockey said “The people have spoken, the Labor Party has a mandate to tear up WorkChoices and they’ll be able to use that mandate.”

ML:

You may be right, i am no expert on australian public opinion, but if you are right it didn’t really show up as a decisive ingredient, either in the pre-election polls or in what i saw and heard on election night.

There is now some talk of unions going on strike here and there, which would tend to support your view. We’ll see.