It's about judgment ...and management

In a country whose Prime Minister is even more socially conservative than George W. Bush, the citizens reject the United States' ability to manage foreign conflicts.  In 2001, the same Australian public thought much different:

The research was conducted by the US Studies Centre atthe University of Sydney and it's found our attitude has deteriorateddramatically over the past six years.

66 per cent of thosesurveyed in 2001 had confidence in America's ability to manageinternational affairs, that number has almost halved to 37 per cent in2007.

Remember, this is the exact same Australian electorate whose pro-war Prime Minister said this about Barack Obama:

“If I was running al-Qaeda in Iraq , I would put a circle around March 2008  and pray, as many times as possible, for a victory not only for Obama, but also for the Democrats.”

So if our Aussie friends are questioning our judgment on foreign issues, that really says something.