To anyone considering running for US President
Australia only has enough live ammunition to sustain about 4 hours of full-scale war. We (I consider myself Australian for the purposes of this post) will do and follow whatever any US President tells us to do as we certainly hope you come to help us if anyone ever attacks. As much as I hate Howard, I do recognise that he has to kiss up to Bush and he will kiss up to whoever gets elected in November (assuming he is still in office - and if he isn't, someone else will do the same). As for Australia sending over 20,000 troops to Iraq certainly Obama should realise that 1)I doubt there are that many people in the armed forces over here and 2)that would criple the all important Australian beer industry (or more seriously, put a dent in a certain vital demographic).