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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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