U.S. think tank compares Australia's leader to 'dangerously unhinged' Kim Jong-un Geoff: An American journalist and fellow at a notable U.S. think tank has called Australia's Prime Minister "incompetent" and questions whether he is "the most incompetent leader of any industrialised democracy?" The rhetorical question was published in a Feb. 5 post by Joshua Kurlantzick on the Council on Foreign Relations' website, a day before Prime Minister Tony Abbott defeated a leadership spill motion — a push to declare his position vacant — from within his own party. In the scathing piece, titled Tony Abbott Has To Go, Kurlantzick compared the country's conservative prime minister to "dangerously unhinged" world leaders such as North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin who are "making policy based on whims, advice from a tiny handful of advisers, or some other highly unscientific formula." The article then berates Abbott further by stating: at least these men do not run powerful democracies. http://mashable.com/2015/02/11/abbott-incompetent-think-tank/  Outbackjack: Agreed.He makes a mockery of our political system here.Which is a good thing. Only yesterday he stated that Labor had created a holocaust of jobs in the defence sector and was forced to apologise.  sam7121968: Excuse me, what was George Bush Junior, a Rhode Scholar. I don't think so. Yes he was an idiot, but look in your backyard first, before criticising other countries leaders. Geoff: I would say that while the calibre of politicians around the world is not as good as it would be in a perfect world, the US leadership contest tends to get extensive coverage across the planet. That Trump is even considered as a potential president is quite horrifying for the rest of us. Perhaps that actually says more about the standards of education among the US electorate than Trump himself though. sam7121968: Yep, I agree with that.Trump terrifies me, even as an Australian. Surely, the Americans are smart enought, not too vote for him lol. Geoff: It's not if they are intelligent or not, it's the quality of education that gives people the ability to think critically. Without that ability amongst enough of them they'll fall for that gross populism that some of the presidential candidates spout. Captain Canada: Trump just shaking the monkey tree ,he will never be president Americans are smart enough you say Sam  look at what they allowed their leaders to do in the Middle East sam7121968: Probably Sanders too. I'm just lucky, I'm in a country where it's a simpler voting system.  lori100: msnbc-----By Adam Howard Real estate mogul Donald Trump is no longer just in the running to become president of the United States, he has also reportedly been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, according to Agence France Presse (AFP). The French news agency recently received confirmation of Trump’s nomination from Kristian Berg Harpviken, the director of the Peace Research Institute of Oslo. According to Harpviken, the Nobel committee received a letter (whose author has not been revealed) nominating Trump for his “vigorous peace through strength ideology, used as a threat weapon of deterrence against radical Islam, ISIS, nuclear Iran and Communist China.” -----------------------------------Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize ... www.washingtontimes.com/.../donald-trump-nom... (Edited by lori100) sam7121968: Like I said in another post, trump is an arrogant, sexist, racist pig. How dare someone nominate him for a nobel peace prze!!! (Edited by sam7121968) lori100: women still support him in large numbers......------------The World's Worst Nobel Peace Prize Nominees - The Daily ... www.thedailybeast.com/.../worst-ever-nominees-for-the-... The Daily Beast Oct 10, 2013 - From Rush Limbaugh to Josef Stalin, | Politics Chat Room 88 People Chatting Similar Conversations |
