The other Shannon issue

With no flights to Heathrow, US military stopovers en route to and from Iraq will be even more important business. An interesting contrast is with New Zealand, whose policy of non-involvement with the war extends to barring Air New Zealand from carrying Australian troops to Kuwait. Now that concerns the use of an airline rather than an airport. But it's a government facility in both cases. The "UN mandate" excuse thus cuts no ice with Helen Clark's government. It would be nice if at some point either of the Aherns were asked to explain the contrast.