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âHoward didnât imply launching military actionâ
Australian Prime Minister John Howard did not suggest that his country was going to launch military action against its neighbours to stop terrorists from attacking his country, his Foreign Minister Alexander Downer clarified. Didn't say he wasn't either. What the Prime Minister did was to restate a well-worn principle of international law that every country had a right to defend itself, he said in a radio interview on Sunday. Howard had been quoted during a television interview with Australian Nine Network on Sunday as saying that he was ready to act against terrorists in neighbouring Asian countries and that the UN Charter should be changed to empower nations to strike pre-emptively against terrorists who planned to attack them. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said developed countries should place more faith in the ability and commitment of countries like Malaysia in combating the threat of terrorism. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha...Oh, he wasn't trying to be funny? He said Malaysia was against all forms of violence and had shown that commitment through its actions. Abdullah, who is also the Home Minister, said developed countries would have no one to blame but themselves if unilateral actions taken by them led to the breakdown of the international order. They're upset because the Aussies are not laying down and taking it. I could of told them they wouldn't. Posted by: Steve 2002-12-03 |
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