By Robert Garran
A well timed and provocative exam of Australian top Minister John Howard's devotion to the international coverage doctrine of President George W. Bush, this inquiry appears to be like on the harmful foreign trip that Australia has launched into for this reason. studying Howard's dependable trust within the radical and dicy doctrines of Bush, this ebook argues that during his eagerness to affix the yank president within the conflict opposed to Iraq, Howard did not understand the perils his squaddies could face. the writer extra contends that Howard has hijacked Australia's nationwide tale together with his conservative nationalism and is now utilizing that tale to take Australia on a perilous trip that might take his state deeper into foreign clash.
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The Hawke government did not support every aspect of American policy. For Howard that alone was grounds for complaint. 21 Howard’s approach to Asia was coolly pragmatic and unemotional. ‘As with all relationships, hard-headed selfinterest will dominate Australia’s approach to the Asian region,’ he said in an April 1989 speech. There was none of the warmth or enthusiasm here that he displayed when talking about Australia’s links with Britain or the United States. There was no sense of engagement.
Bush’s style of overtly religious language had become familiar within the Republican Party following its takeover by Southerners in the 1980s and 1990s. His religious zeal reassured Baptists that God was using Bush to promote a biblical worldview. Asked during the Republican primary campaign in 2000 which philosopher had influenced him most, Bush answered ‘Jesus Christ’. QX5 7/6/04 12:19 PM Page 35 Bookhouse George W. ’ In 2003 Bush told five religious leaders who called on him in the Oval Office, ‘You know, I had a drinking problem.
Cheney was obliged to revise it, and the public version that emerged was substantially toned down. But when they left office in 1993, Wolfowitz’s staff published the more contentious proposals of the original draft Defense Planning Guidance in another document, named the Regional Defense Strategy—which is regarded as the crystallisation of Cheney’s views on foreign policy. 28 In late January 2001, treasury secretary Paul O’Neill received a memo from Rumsfeld that revealed his bleak view of the geopolitical landscape.