Australia Gets It Right

Prime Minister John Howard earlier had said he supported monitoring the activities of those in Australia's mosques, citing a need for the government to know if members of the Islamic community supported or taught violence.

And Education Minister Brendan Nelson said those members of the Islamic faith who do not support Australian values are welcome to leave.

"We have a right to know whether there is, within any section of the Islamic community, a preaching of the virtues of terrorism, whether any comfort or harbour is given to terrorism within that community," Howard told Australian radio earlier.

There has been concern that there might be a terrorist attack in Australia, and in a report Treasurer Peter Costello said some could be asked to leave the country.

"If those are not your values, if you want a country which has Shariat law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you," he was quoted as saying. "I'd be saying to clerics who are teaching that there are two laws governing people in Australia, one the Australian law and another the Islamic law, that that is false. If you can't agree with parliamentary law, independent courts, democracy, and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity to go to another country which practices it, perhaps, then, that's a better option."

There ya' go! Assimilate yourself into the society in which you live, or get out.

Just a wild guess, but if Australia followes through with this mindset, it will be a much more peaceful and safe place than the US. After all, we have Global George and his free-flowing borders (no, I didn't loose my disdain for Bush while I was absent)