The 'Western' world decrees that it is waging a war on terror. From their point fo view this is a damnably important thing, and you can understand this, even if you don't agree with it. This global alliance is standing firm and towing a hard line against the terrorists.
So what the hell is wrong with them?
If you are going to determine the 'rank' of a country on wealth and military might, then the USA is in charge. But if you are looking for some way to determine the rank of a country, then your outlook is fundamentally flawed before you've even begun.
We in the UK are guilty as hell of this, but this news item from Australia makes me think of people in a committee scrabbling for more impressive position titles.
But Bush and Blair are definitely getting it on. You can say that for Howard - he has better taste.
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