In what must be the joke of the year, John Winston Howard, is to receive the US Medal of Freedom by the outgoing US President, George Walker Bush, in one of his final acts of his US Presidency.
White House press secretary, Dana Perino stated
The President is honouring these leaders for their work to improve the lives of their citizens and their efforts to promote democracy, human rights and peace abroad
Yes you are reading that correctly. John Howard is receiving an award for promoting democracy, human rights and peace.
The man who implemented the pacific solution which locked up men, women and children, attempted to screw over the average worker by implementing work choices, refused on numerous occasions to say sorry to the stolen generation and participated in an illegal war in Iraq is being compared with such people as Nelson Mandela in receiving the award.
Instead of receiving an award for human rights, John Howard, along with George Bush and Tony Blair should face the International War Crimes court in the Hague!
- Beju -
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