Australian Leader Salutes Bush, Gets Flak
CANBERRA, Australia (April 4) - Australia’s prime minister came under fire at home Friday over a playful salute he gave President Bush at a NATO summit, which critics said seemed to suggest Australian subservience to Washington.
Australian television repeatedly broadcast videos of the gesture Thursday on the sidelines of the Bucharest summit and speculated about what it meant, while opposition lawmakers said it belittled Australia.
admin @ April 4, 2008