A Fair Go for Hicks is a Fair Go for Howard

John Howard said this week he could get David Hicks home any time he wanted to. Hicks has now been charged and the convoluted and heavily biased legal process has begun. Howard said: ‘I will be watching very, very carefully the timetable towards the actual preliminary hearing and the actual trial before the military commission.’(The Australian 9/2/06) You betcha he will! Howard has a nose for the voters’ mood and he knows the pendulum has swung to the point that the majority of Australians are sick of this farce and the way Howard has let the Americans call the shots for 5 years. Howard’s timetable will certainly include getting Hicks home at precisely the moment which will generate maximum political kudos for him and therefore enhance his own electoral chances. Don’t be surprised to see Howard drag Hicks on stage at the Liberals’ official campaign launch!