Obama Snipered

Presidential candidate Brack Obama fell for a typical political ambush by engaging PM of Australia John Howard.

Obama senator of 2 years fancied himself able to contest a political view point with a 40 Year political veteran who has out lived the likes of Bob Hawk, Paul Keating, Kim Beazley (x2), Simon Crean and Mark Latham.

Barack Obama took his eye off the Presidential ball when he tried to engage the Australian prime Minister in foreign policy matters mainly pertaining to iraq and an expedient withdrawl.

Obama made the misstep of not only belittling Americas most steadfast ally, but also refered to the US soldiers who have died in Iraq as wasted.

Obama tried back peddling later but has he said too much already?

If nothing else it exposes a total lack of foreign policy experience as many people worry that Obama isnt able to handle more problematic countries if this is how he deals with friends of the USA.

I think Obamas main problem is he lost sight of the fact that John Howard isnt running for president, a wiser man would have just shruged it off as someone elses opinion but the fact that he got so defensive shows how insecure he is.

Also in this kind of fight John Howard really cant loose, many Australians will back him for no other reason than shits and giggles, and a deep seated need to tweak Americans collective noses especially after the uproar this issue has caused.