Politics Laurie Brereton: Keep us out of Bush's war on Iraq

IT'S often observed that Saddam Hussein and Iraq are "unfinished business" for the Bush administration.
Having recently returned from the US, I must say I'm appalled by the poverty of debate on this issue – both in the media and the federal parliament. The Howard Government will support whatever action the US takes. The old phrase ‘all the way with LBJ’ once again has resonance.
· Tons of Reasons [The Australian]

Former Bush Writer's Book Offers Dim Insider's View
Matt Drudge provides a somewhat uncharacteristic push for former Bush speechwriter David Frum's forthcoming THE RIGHT MAN: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush. Quoting from an advance copy, Drudge cites these assessments: the Bush White House has a ’dearth of really high-powered brains’; ’One seldom heard an unexpected thought in the Bush White House or met someone who possessed unusual knowledge’; ‘Bush was a sharp exception to the White House code of niceness. He was tart, not sweet’; He ‘was hardly the obvious man for the job. But by a very strange fate, he turned out to be, of all unlikely things, the right man.’ Frum is said to be scheduled for a Today Show appearance on Tuesday.