I'm an American and can assure you Aussies that Al Queida *did* want a democrat...particularly Osama Obama...to win.Rudd makes reference to Kennedy,Truman,etc...I can also assure you Aussies that the democrat Party has changed *dramatically* since they left office,that change having begun in the mid-to-late 1960's.
truman and roosevelt would roll over if they sawe their party today. Rudd is a politically correct weakling! Send Howard over here, Obama is an over hyped clown!
We in the USA love John Howard. He is the world leader I admire most. He understands world better than Rudd. I don't know Austrialian politics. I don't have time.
On Obama, John Howard is exactly right and has been proven right. Obama is a disaster for us. He is destroying the US.
if you guys ever get tired of John Howard, then sens them over to us. We welcome him in.
The Democrats of today are far from the the party of Harry Truman. The Democrats cannot be trusted with national security.
Your comments are absurd. I was commenting on this one particular video which involved TERRORISM and international politics. I've read quite a bit about John Howard and I think the guy is right on. I like the things he says as they relate to the international scene. This affects both Australia & the USA & the world. Maybe I should have said I don't know Australian DOMESTIC politics but that should not apply here. Many Europeans make comments on US politics even if they don't understand them.
So every single Aussie loves KRudd more than John Howard? I seriously doubt that. You are getting dumber with each post. You might have said that Krudd is more popular at the moment than John Howard. That might make some sense. I'm not in a position to know the relative popularity of the two men.
john howard was a buffon as by the sounds of it you are. If you honestly can say that this supposed "war on terror" was neccessary than you belong with the other rednecks of this world.
Buffoon is spelled with two o's. Yes this "war on terror" is both necessary and long overdue. It should have started in earnest about 25 years ago. Perhaps we shouldn't be so PC and call it what it is, "war on radical Islamism". That's what it really is & there's no getting around it. This war must be fought or it will be the end of western civilization as we know it. You are not going to set down and reason with these folks. They want a world wide jihad and they will kill as many as they can.
the war in afghanistan was neccessary at the time but now nothing has been achieved and it is a waste of time being there, the war in iraq was about false accusations concerning weapons of mass destruction, and because of that more than 5000 people have been killed which howard willingly decided to send people over there based on bullshit, the guy was an idiot and good riddance to him.
No you are wrong again. Radical Islam must be opposed everywhere it can be. . You folks in Australia think like the isolationists in the USA in the 1930's. They believed that they could "stay out of it" because they were protected by 2 oceans. You are cut from the same cloth. Even after 9/11, many Americans believe as you do. One day in the not too distant future an event will occur so cataclysmic that it will make 9/11 seem insignificant. Then fools like you will wake up. At least I hope so.
ur missing the point champ, innocent ppl have been killed in iraq based on a lie, there were no weapons of mass destruction in iraq it was about oil. If you dont know this fact than you shouldnt be commenting, by all means go after al-quaida in afghanistan if you are able to defeat them and stop them from terrorising more people. . I never said dont stop terrorists, simply said dont tarnish all islamic ppl with the same brush by killing innocent ppl which is what is happening in iraq.
Great trio of videos! Hard to believe that Obama & his family has to stay in a hotel as his daughters start their new school, just because Bush refuses to allow them to move into the Blair House so that Howard can sleep there ONE NIGHT before Bush hands him the 'Medal of Freedom'(i.e. Bush Fan Club Medal). I hope the Bush Administration faces justice for their numerous crimes, and I hope Howard gets smacked by it in the process!
None of this matters! Obama can't stop the war. Obama voted to increase spending in the Iraq. Useless bickering. Rudd is back pedaling. he serves 2 masters the U.S. And China. and The aussies are still in Afgan.
All those that say Rudd did nothing,,please let me represent you or your business on your expenses and go partying with booze and strippers in the states and bring your company into disrespute,sounds like a great job,time to resign Ruddney Rude,,Pete
Mate ive seen shitloads of strippers and got drunker than that more times than i care to remember,,i just wasnt representing Australia and using your tax dollars...Pete
I read that the other day too - and you know that there are Lib back benchers asking them to double the grant even as we speak so they can buy a few extra votes in the marginals!
Classic! Kevin Rudd is a great performer, has the makings of a great prime minister. It's going to be fun watching Howard get punished later this year. He deserves every bit of it, the snivelling little rat. He is an arrogant and manipulative liar, and has done considerable damage to Australia to serve his own ego and prejudices. Bye bye Johnny!
God I hate politicians. Not just labor or liberals, or republicans and democrats, I hate all of them! Everything they say is an act for the cameras. Note the smug media rats behind Rudd nodding and yelling out like children. The kind of person who wants to be a politician is exactly the kind that shouldn't be one.
Iraq is the best thing that ever happened to Bin Laden, besides 9/11 of course. The same 9/11 that included 19 arab terrorists, not one being Iraqi. Bush and Howard have made the biggest mistake one could make in their position!
are you kidding me? George Bush and John Howard are a terrorist's wet dream! Their ignorance, arrogance, and lies inflame sympathy throughout the Middle East for militant Islam, helping their recruiting. Then, they run on protecting you from it! It's like throwing shit on you, then offering to sell you relief from the flies!
Man Alive I have never heard anyone more on the ball - it's like your old style Mafia protection racket, another one Howard does is drive the price of houses up (through grants etc) then warn that only he can keep interest rates low!
Howard is not qualified to blame anyone, just because no one in US cares about Aus. Actually, Aus is just a 2nd world country, 80% of land covered by sand with only 20 million people speak wired accent. there are toooo few its own technoligies and cultures.
Haha your blagerant ill-informed, uneduacated and ignorant jiberish with which you drool ammuses me no end... Actually take a look at "Chasers War on Everything - Americans" - just copy that into the Youtube search - you definately fall within this stereotype hahahahahahaha
They accuse Howard of pandering to the US government yet it's Rudd and associates acting like little school girls saying "ooh don't say that it might offend them".. Fuck Labour - good on Howard for having the balls. Of course Terrorists will welcome the day the coalition forces depart from Iraq without victory.. It makes perfectly good sense.. It was an attack on a proposition not a person or political party. Get over it..
lets be realistic, travel and see the real world, there was no reason to go to war with iraq, no reason at all, there is people treated worse off in other countries then even saddam was treating his people in the lst 5 years before the war
Don't you think that because we've created this mess it is our ethical obligation to do what we can no matter what the cost to fix it. Last time Saddam was able (through tyranical force) to somewhat quell the sunni and shiite fighting. This time there is no Saddam only a yet to be proven demo government with a less than adequate military to allow the country to plunge further into a holocaust that we have created.
all Howard was saying was that of course the Islamic militants on both sides would be happy if America retreated from Iraq. Thats just common sense.. Rudd's belief that if we retreat the Sunni and Shiite will balance and the unrest will die down - at what cost? How many more years before one or the other concedes defeat?
True - but think about the context. If I was a militant in Iraq and a US presidential candidate announced that if his party gets into power he will withdraw the US troops from the area that I'm trying to destabilise then I would be praying for that party to get in power as well - whether they be republic, democrate, greens or whoever. Isn't that the truth?
Whoa, my comment didn't show up all the way for some reason. I wrote a whole lot more. But what I meant to say was that he also implied that Democrats are on the side of the terrorists.
He did not!! thats just stubborn sensationalism (also known as Journalism)twisting his comment around to mean something else just so you can score some points. Don't get me wrong I'm not the greatest Howard fan and I don't believe in the way th war has been handled at all. It really annoys me though when the media jumps on one point push it out of context then everyone else falls in-line (Obama, Ddemocrats, then the public).. THe Demo's are just using it to get free publicity.
Howard didn't say the Democrats were praying for the Terrorists - he said the terrorists would be praying for the democrats to get in power so the troops would be removed. He never said nor implied that the democrats had anything to do with terrorists.
We caused this slaughter of innocent people and now you want to run away and say "oh well - yeah but - like we should never have gone to war in the first place" well we did Mr "well travelled in the real world" - we did go to war and now we should do whats right and stick it out until it's made right!!
Australia? fuck off, u have no right to blame any presidential candidates. U r a super power? Do u have high tech? just a seperate island where full of descendants of hard core crimi** sent away by British from civilization.
You have waded in here - without a great deal of knowledge of what has actually transpired, taken a few pot shots and made some unfounded accusations... kind of like the war in... sorry, invasion of, Iraq.
Dude do you know anything? Australia does have hi tech. Our troops are the of the most highly trained in the world. We are not claiming to be a super power. WE are not a third world country nor are we a just some island continent that is to the liking of island tribes. You sir are a douche bag
Howard has shown, consistently, that he is prepared to go all the way with Bush.
His attack on an American presidential candidate was not only unacceptable, it was uncharacteristic and shows that he has lost his was as the once consummate politician.
It has nothing to do with "having the balls" - the situation in Iraq was caused by the invasion. Had Howard "the balls", he would admit his mistake and seek to right the wrongs whether it involves pulling the troops out or bolstering their numbers.
I'm an American and can assure you Aussies that Al Queida *did* want a democrat...particularly Osama Obama...to win.Rudd makes reference to Kennedy,Truman,etc...I can also assure you Aussies that the democrat Party has changed *dramatically* since they left office,that change having begun in the mid-to-late 1960's.
listerone 6 months ago
So hows Kevin doing now?
balquhidder 1 year ago
rudd a pawn to the new world order!
themios72 2 years ago
truman and roosevelt would roll over if they sawe their party today. Rudd is a politically correct weakling! Send Howard over here, Obama is an over hyped clown!
JPhelan105 2 years ago
All around the world it's all just high school politics and liberal party baby talk.
god bless the last real australians all 5 of you!
lol
Wasp16mm 2 years ago
From what I heard, Obama might have withdrawn troops from Iraq but sent them to Afghanistan instead
Stephen19852009 2 years ago
We in the USA love John Howard. He is the world leader I admire most. He understands world better than Rudd. I don't know Austrialian politics. I don't have time.
On Obama, John Howard is exactly right and has been proven right. Obama is a disaster for us. He is destroying the US.
if you guys ever get tired of John Howard, then sens them over to us. We welcome him in.
The Democrats of today are far from the the party of Harry Truman. The Democrats cannot be trusted with national security.
juscurious 2 years ago
@juscurious You don't know Australian politics and don't have time for it yet you want to comment on it?
I know fuck all about American politics so I am not going to comment on it, I think thats my best bet.
Mollarooza 2 years ago
Your comments are absurd. I was commenting on this one particular video which involved TERRORISM and international politics. I've read quite a bit about John Howard and I think the guy is right on. I like the things he says as they relate to the international scene. This affects both Australia & the USA & the world. Maybe I should have said I don't know Australian DOMESTIC politics but that should not apply here. Many Europeans make comments on US politics even if they don't understand them.
juscurious 2 years ago
@juscurious Well everyone here loves the KRudd more than they ever loved Coward.
Mollarooza 2 years ago
So every single Aussie loves KRudd more than John Howard? I seriously doubt that. You are getting dumber with each post. You might have said that Krudd is more popular at the moment than John Howard. That might make some sense. I'm not in a position to know the relative popularity of the two men.
juscurious 2 years ago
john howard was a buffon as by the sounds of it you are. If you honestly can say that this supposed "war on terror" was neccessary than you belong with the other rednecks of this world.
raff23 2 years ago
Buffoon is spelled with two o's. Yes this "war on terror" is both necessary and long overdue. It should have started in earnest about 25 years ago. Perhaps we shouldn't be so PC and call it what it is, "war on radical Islamism". That's what it really is & there's no getting around it. This war must be fought or it will be the end of western civilization as we know it. You are not going to set down and reason with these folks. They want a world wide jihad and they will kill as many as they can.
juscurious 2 years ago
the war in afghanistan was neccessary at the time but now nothing has been achieved and it is a waste of time being there, the war in iraq was about false accusations concerning weapons of mass destruction, and because of that more than 5000 people have been killed which howard willingly decided to send people over there based on bullshit, the guy was an idiot and good riddance to him.
raff23 2 years ago
No you are wrong again. Radical Islam must be opposed everywhere it can be. . You folks in Australia think like the isolationists in the USA in the 1930's. They believed that they could "stay out of it" because they were protected by 2 oceans. You are cut from the same cloth. Even after 9/11, many Americans believe as you do. One day in the not too distant future an event will occur so cataclysmic that it will make 9/11 seem insignificant. Then fools like you will wake up. At least I hope so.
juscurious 2 years ago
ur missing the point champ, innocent ppl have been killed in iraq based on a lie, there were no weapons of mass destruction in iraq it was about oil. If you dont know this fact than you shouldnt be commenting, by all means go after al-quaida in afghanistan if you are able to defeat them and stop them from terrorising more people. . I never said dont stop terrorists, simply said dont tarnish all islamic ppl with the same brush by killing innocent ppl which is what is happening in iraq.
raff23 2 years ago
Great trio of videos! Hard to believe that Obama & his family has to stay in a hotel as his daughters start their new school, just because Bush refuses to allow them to move into the Blair House so that Howard can sleep there ONE NIGHT before Bush hands him the 'Medal of Freedom'(i.e. Bush Fan Club Medal). I hope the Bush Administration faces justice for their numerous crimes, and I hope Howard gets smacked by it in the process!
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bodyanti 3 years ago
Australians seem to agree. He won in a landslide.
airbare8 3 years ago
None of this matters! Obama can't stop the war. Obama voted to increase spending in the Iraq. Useless bickering. Rudd is back pedaling. he serves 2 masters the U.S. And China. and The aussies are still in Afgan.
Peaceandfearlesslove 3 years ago
what are you talking about
elwyn14 3 years ago
BTW dscock18 i dont need to hang meself,,im already well hung enough,,Pete
civilwheels 4 years ago
haha you're a loser
jamespearson 4 years ago
Fuck off idiot,,is all the response you deserve,,Pete
civilwheels 4 years ago
All those that say Rudd did nothing,,please let me represent you or your business on your expenses and go partying with booze and strippers in the states and bring your company into disrespute,sounds like a great job,time to resign Ruddney Rude,,Pete
civilwheels 4 years ago
Hmm... drinks at a strip club vs xenophobia, lies, trickery and a desire to take Australia back to the 50's.
satansmanservant 4 years ago
Who cares mate. Who here in their lives hasnt watched ponz or gone to a strip club. Who cares
hows does one visit to a strip club affect his policies and ideas?
fakweet 4 years ago
Mate ive seen shitloads of strippers and got drunker than that more times than i care to remember,,i just wasnt representing Australia and using your tax dollars...Pete
civilwheels 4 years ago
using our tax dollars? god, that sounds familiar
"The PMs consumption of alcohol at Kirribilli and The Lodge was more than $30000 in the 06/07 financial year"
"Since 1996 Howard has spent $2billion of taxpayers money on advertising. In the lead up to this election Howard has spent $1million a day"
"Lavish Prime Ministerial overseas travel, including spending $10670 a night to stay in Rome at St Regis Grand Hotel"
jamespearson 4 years ago
recklees use of tax payers dollars, and a poor judgement in using tax payer dollars
ironant 4 years ago
oh and:
"Since 1996 Mr Howard has spent $7million of taxpayers money travelling between Kirribilli and The Lodge on his private jet"
"The PM was ready to spend $540000 on expanding his dining room. Media attention forced a rethink but not before $33200 was already spent"
jamespearson 4 years ago
snore Kevin Rudd snore
AussiePoliticsReport 4 years ago
welcome to politics you fool.
jamespearson 4 years ago
Thanks you fool
AussiePoliticsReport 4 years ago
haha anytime.
glad you learnt something
jamespearson 4 years ago
agreed 100%
bennyboytalk 4 years ago
I read that the other day too - and you know that there are Lib back benchers asking them to double the grant even as we speak so they can buy a few extra votes in the marginals!
jimmyjamesinc 4 years ago
Classic! Kevin Rudd is a great performer, has the makings of a great prime minister. It's going to be fun watching Howard get punished later this year. He deserves every bit of it, the snivelling little rat. He is an arrogant and manipulative liar, and has done considerable damage to Australia to serve his own ego and prejudices. Bye bye Johnny!
iceman95 4 years ago
God I hate politicians. Not just labor or liberals, or republicans and democrats, I hate all of them! Everything they say is an act for the cameras. Note the smug media rats behind Rudd nodding and yelling out like children. The kind of person who wants to be a politician is exactly the kind that shouldn't be one.
SpicyViper 5 years ago
Boy Howard is alot like Bush. Do any of you know where I can download the full version (Not split up)?
mazrimtaim1 5 years ago
Iraq is the best thing that ever happened to Bin Laden, besides 9/11 of course. The same 9/11 that included 19 arab terrorists, not one being Iraqi. Bush and Howard have made the biggest mistake one could make in their position!
MS33MS 5 years ago
are you kidding me? George Bush and John Howard are a terrorist's wet dream! Their ignorance, arrogance, and lies inflame sympathy throughout the Middle East for militant Islam, helping their recruiting. Then, they run on protecting you from it! It's like throwing shit on you, then offering to sell you relief from the flies!
rawdawg15 5 years ago
Man Alive I have never heard anyone more on the ball - it's like your old style Mafia protection racket, another one Howard does is drive the price of houses up (through grants etc) then warn that only he can keep interest rates low!
jimmyjamesinc 4 years ago
Howard is not qualified to blame anyone, just because no one in US cares about Aus. Actually, Aus is just a 2nd world country, 80% of land covered by sand with only 20 million people speak wired accent. there are toooo few its own technoligies and cultures.
daniel02163 5 years ago
Haha your blagerant ill-informed, uneduacated and ignorant jiberish with which you drool ammuses me no end... Actually take a look at "Chasers War on Everything - Americans" - just copy that into the Youtube search - you definately fall within this stereotype hahahahahahaha
Motox369 5 years ago
Howard is qualified to make comments on the invasion as he was a willing participant - it isn't about blame - I think that you have missed the point.
I am not sure where you are from but I don't think that we have a "wired" accent.
If you would care to do a little research on Australia I think that you will find that it is far from second world.
satansmanservant 5 years ago
They accuse Howard of pandering to the US government yet it's Rudd and associates acting like little school girls saying "ooh don't say that it might offend them".. Fuck Labour - good on Howard for having the balls. Of course Terrorists will welcome the day the coalition forces depart from Iraq without victory.. It makes perfectly good sense.. It was an attack on a proposition not a person or political party. Get over it..
Motox369 5 years ago
lets be realistic, travel and see the real world, there was no reason to go to war with iraq, no reason at all, there is people treated worse off in other countries then even saddam was treating his people in the lst 5 years before the war
mattbourke 5 years ago
Don't you think that because we've created this mess it is our ethical obligation to do what we can no matter what the cost to fix it. Last time Saddam was able (through tyranical force) to somewhat quell the sunni and shiite fighting. This time there is no Saddam only a yet to be proven demo government with a less than adequate military to allow the country to plunge further into a holocaust that we have created.
Motox369 5 years ago
all Howard was saying was that of course the Islamic militants on both sides would be happy if America retreated from Iraq. Thats just common sense.. Rudd's belief that if we retreat the Sunni and Shiite will balance and the unrest will die down - at what cost? How many more years before one or the other concedes defeat?
Motox369 5 years ago
" all Howard was saying was that of course the Islamic militants on both sides would be happy if America retreated from Iraq."
That's not all he said... He said that Democrats
ModistOne 5 years ago
True - but think about the context. If I was a militant in Iraq and a US presidential candidate announced that if his party gets into power he will withdraw the US troops from the area that I'm trying to destabilise then I would be praying for that party to get in power as well - whether they be republic, democrate, greens or whoever. Isn't that the truth?
Motox369 5 years ago
Whoa, my comment didn't show up all the way for some reason. I wrote a whole lot more. But what I meant to say was that he also implied that Democrats are on the side of the terrorists.
ModistOne 5 years ago
He did not!! thats just stubborn sensationalism (also known as Journalism)twisting his comment around to mean something else just so you can score some points. Don't get me wrong I'm not the greatest Howard fan and I don't believe in the way th war has been handled at all. It really annoys me though when the media jumps on one point push it out of context then everyone else falls in-line (Obama, Ddemocrats, then the public).. THe Demo's are just using it to get free publicity.
Motox369 5 years ago
Howard didn't say the Democrats were praying for the Terrorists - he said the terrorists would be praying for the democrats to get in power so the troops would be removed. He never said nor implied that the democrats had anything to do with terrorists.
Motox369 5 years ago
We caused this slaughter of innocent people and now you want to run away and say "oh well - yeah but - like we should never have gone to war in the first place" well we did Mr "well travelled in the real world" - we did go to war and now we should do whats right and stick it out until it's made right!!
Motox369 5 years ago
Australia? fuck off, u have no right to blame any presidential candidates. U r a super power? Do u have high tech? just a seperate island where full of descendants of hard core crimi** sent away by British from civilization.
daniel02163 5 years ago
Your comments are quite apt.
You have waded in here - without a great deal of knowledge of what has actually transpired, taken a few pot shots and made some unfounded accusations... kind of like the war in... sorry, invasion of, Iraq.
satansmanservant 5 years ago
Dude do you know anything? Australia does have hi tech. Our troops are the of the most highly trained in the world. We are not claiming to be a super power. WE are not a third world country nor are we a just some island continent that is to the liking of island tribes. You sir are a douche bag
happygoron 5 years ago
Howard has shown, consistently, that he is prepared to go all the way with Bush.
His attack on an American presidential candidate was not only unacceptable, it was uncharacteristic and shows that he has lost his was as the once consummate politician.
It has nothing to do with "having the balls" - the situation in Iraq was caused by the invasion. Had Howard "the balls", he would admit his mistake and seek to right the wrongs whether it involves pulling the troops out or bolstering their numbers.
satansmanservant 5 years ago
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing. Kevin Rudd is my new favorite politician. Too bad he isn't American.
ModistOne 5 years ago
No worries man - thanks for the comments - he will be our new PM come October.
satansmanservant 5 years ago