The result? Ed,
Husic the ‘non-practicing Muslim’ lost the election. He created a
history—because, hitherto, no Labor candidate for this area had lost
election. The liberal candidate, who is associated with Church-work won
the election, albeit, with a thin majority. This was a great windfall for
John Howard to say the least.
So, why the
‘stupid’ Australians re-elected to power a dullard, war-monger John
Howard and his party?
Was it that
John Howard suddenly became the darling of the Australian voters because
he is a ’Christian Fundamentalist?’ After all, he is a regular church
attendee and espouses good Christian values. Of late, he became very
unpopular on domestic issues, such as: education, Medicare,
taxation…etc. So, how such a not-so-popular Prime Minister could get
elected?
The answer is
not difficult to fathom.
You see, many
Australians, who, on previous elections, religiously voted for the
Australian Labor Party changed their mind this time. They voted for the
Liberal, forsaking the better policies of the Labor on domestic matters.
This time around, the foremost concern in the minds of the most
Australians was the issue of security at home and the growing threat from
the Islamic Terrorists. The Australian electorate was savvy enough to
realize the potential danger in trusting a ‘flip-flop’ Labor party in
dealing with the security of
Australia
. At the top in the minds of the voters were the images of the Bali
bombing of October, 2002 and the recent terrorist bombing of the
Australian Embassy at
Jakarta
. How can the great majority of Australians, who had experienced the
barbarism of Islamic Terrorism hand over the matter security of their
country to a vacillating, non-focused, apologetic, compromising and
unclear policies of the Labor Party?—most Australians thought deeply.
They were simply confused and uncertain about the policies of the Labor
party on internal security of their peaceful country.
I was such a
confused voter who eventually voted for the Liberal. In the last three
Federal elections I always voted for the Labor—no matter what policy
they had. But this time I changed my mind when the Labor declared that
they would withdraw the Australian troops from
Iraq
(if they won the election), would make somewhat concessions to the
terrorists (they called it reaching out for the disgruntled and the
oppressed). It was enough for me. I had to change my mind because:
When I traveled
to work by train I remembered the
Madrid
bombing.
When I entered
the multi-storied office building I recalled the 9/11.
When I entered
a pub or a busy restaurant I remembered Bali—
Kuta
Beach
resort.
When my son, a
child, goes to his school I remembered Beslan massacre of the innocent
kindergarten children.
When my wife
goes to shopping in the biggest shopping complex in
Sydney
I worry about her return. And so on.
Such was the
mental anxiety for most Australian voters regardless of their party
affiliation and the principles they stood for.
They could not
trust a party which would compromise with the security of
Australia
.
That was why
John Howard was the clearest choice for the electorate. It was his
indomitable and uncompromising stand on the terrorists who want to kill
the Australians with merciless vigor and destroy their way of life, simply
because they are infidels.
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