*Ø* Blogmanac | Australia rejects Bush's praise as terror 'sheriff'

Associated Press
Originally published October 19, 2003

"BANGKOK, Thailand - President Bush thought he was handing out praise to one of his closest allies: Australia, he said, is nothing less than a 'sheriff' in the U.S.-led war on terror.

"But by pinning a star to the chest of Prime Minister John Howard, the American president inadvertently painted a target on his friend's back ahead of a summit of Pacific Rim leaders in Thailand ..."
Source: Baltimore Sun