Here's Hoping Bush Doesn't Cash In Our Blank Cheque

JOHN Howard appeared on the lawns of the Australian Embassy in Washington two days ago to make war, if necessary, with George Bush on whomever the US Administration can pin the blame for this week's terrorist atrocities. The blank cheque the Prime Minister said he had offered the White House was: ``I've indicated Australia will provide all support that might be requested of us by the United States in relation to any action that might be taken."