Australian leader tosses off "sheriff's badge" from Bush

[bluedog]

**I knew he sounded like an idiot when he said that damn statement....To the people from Australia:I'm sorry::: we DID NOT ELECT this moron!!!!!******




SYDNEY (AFP) - Prime Minister John Howard brushed aside charges he was a puppet of the United States after US President George W Bush called the Canberra government Washington's "sheriff" in Asia.



"Can I make it very clear: I don't see this country as being a sheriff, a deputy sheriff, as having any kind of enforcement role in our region," Howard said in a radio interview when asked about Bush's remark.


"If I myself were to choose an expression to describe our role in the region, I would use the name given to our operation in the Solomon Islands -- Helpem Fren -- which is Pidgin for helping your friends," he said.



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Bush fanned the flames further this week when asked if Washington still viewed Australia as a deputy sheriff.



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031017/pl_afp/australia_us_bush_031017070247

[NormanConquest]

1. Bush is Gov. J. LePetomane

and he has just appointed the new Sheriff of Rock Ridge!

[Brian Sweat]

3. Hey, I didn't get a hurrrmph from that guy.

I can certainly see Bush in a cabinet meeting unsuccessfully trying to use a paddle ball toy.

[Mairead]

2. And Howard doesn't even BEGIN to be liberal by Oz's standards

[Javneh]

4. unfortunate headline

I wonder if the author wishes to imply the Australian PM is a tosser ;-)