What particular policy or policies of Howards would have bothered the ICC members. I think its a load of crap when people say its about policies because no one ever knows what policies they are talking about. It just seems easy to say its about foriegn policy but they dont know **** all about Australias foriegn policies.
- Well, anyone who stood with George Bush for one. Went to his ranch, looked him in the eye, but didn't later pee on his leg like Putin did. Just that would do it for many folks.
- But, going further, Australia I believe, sent troops to both Afghanistan and Iraq.
Most people see those wars very differently than the leaders of those few countries who did that. (Even India, who had so much to gain in Afghanistan, did not send troops. Sticking to soft power and significant amounts of people and money building roads & buildings and running medical clinics )
- And particularly, was quite vocal in denouncing Mugabe. Who happens to have a vote and apparently a few friends in ICC.
- Even East Timor, would be seen differently inf, say, a Pakistan or an India or a Sri Lanka all of whom can see some domestic parallels - however weakly.
All this is of Howard's doing as PM -is it not? The judgement here is how this will be seen by Asian & African eyes, not whether these things are wrong or right in relative or absolute terms.
Not suprising coz those posters do seem to be thinking the same.. 
