God Bless Australia

The spirit, courage, and resolve of our ally Prime Minister John Howard of Australia deserves our thanks and a strengthening of our own resolve.

See Powerline for comments from Australia's PM.

...once a country allows its foreign policy to be determined by terrorism, it's given the game away, to use the vernacular. And no Australian government that I lead will ever have policies determined by terrorism or terrorist threats, and no self-respecting government of any political stripe in Australia would allow that to happen.

Now, off to a brief vacation. I should toast good Mister Howard... perhaps a couple of times! ;)