A Thumbs Up to Australia and Kevin Rudd 
It will be recalled that Howard stirred up the international political scene when he attacked Barack Obama for daring to attack the Iraq War policies of his stalwart ally George W. Bush.
Howard soon learned that he had problem enough in attempting to win a new term as prime minister in the face of Kevin Rudd's Labor Party. Howard did not help his cause by gratuitously entering the U.S. presidential sweepstakes through attacking Obama and pressing the case for George Bush's unpopular Iraq War policies.
Australians had strongly indicated sending any troops to Iraq and supporting a cause they felt was unjust and contravened international law. Many of us recall the day that the protest was so strong that Howard used the rear door of his residence to avoid encountering a large contingent of protesters.
According to former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, who wrote about Rudd's move last week, the newly installed Labor government is taking a long look at documents surrounding the Iraq War, highlighted by the infamous Downing Street Memo circulated by the British government of Tony Blair.
Labor Party government operatives are reportedly looking hard at the Howard government's close alliance with an operation that, overtly and covertly, involved sharply contravening international law in the pursuit of an illegal war.
KEYWORDS: Kevin Rudd, John Howard, Australia's Iraq War Policy
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