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Originally Posted by 26 X World Champs  A true portend of things to come back home here in the USA. Interesting, don't you think that every western head of government leader that strongly supported Bush has lost his job and most often in a resounding defeat for his party....
The Liberal Party in Australia = The Republican Party in the USA. Bush Ally Defeated in Australia 
Kevin Rudd, the Australian Labor Party leader, greeted his supporters in Brisbane after his election victory.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/wo...hp&oref=slogin |
Yet Labour, with Brown having the same foreign policy, is still strong in Britain, while both France and Germany have elected more decidedly pro-American leaders within the last two years.
The reality of it is that elections in Western nations generally have little to do with foreign policy in terms of that nation's relations with another and have more to do with domestic issues. Sarkozy's election in France, Merkel's election in Germany, and Labour's continued dominance in Britain do not signal new public support for Bush in those nations, just as this election in Australia does not signal less support for Bush (especially considering that Howard won re-election while most Australians were firmly opposed to Australian involvement in Iraq).
The case of Spain even further proves this point, as Aznar's party was almost a shoo-in to win re-election until they botched their handling of the Madrid attacks. If they hadn't been so quick to blame it all on the Basques, they would have looked more honest, and Aznar might still be Prime Minister today.