Oh Mate, I object!

The rift is growing all because of a (Philippines) decision to withdraw troops and when Aussie Foreign Secretary, Alexander Downer said that he blamed the Philippines and Spain for a new threat against Australia by a purported al-Qaida affiliate. And then his boss, Prime Minister John Howard, defended Downer's statements, saying his foreign minister was ``strongly putting the view that you do not give in to terrorists, and I totally support him.''

Philippines did not give into the situation. View it more as saving a life. Not just one but of many overseas workers.