Iraq is not going to be a major campaign theme in the election here. Labor's policy happens to be a staged withdrawl of Aussie combat troops within six months, it's not a big issue and it's not going to be one that dominates the election. There are very few Australian troops in Iraq and it's more of a symbolic thing than anything else; the way Rudd has been clever is by being anti-Iraq but not perceived as anti-America at the same time. He appears to be a statesman about it, which is part of his plan of basically running as a younger and more moderate version of John Howard.
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