John Howard Says Governments Overspending on Stimulus The Hoover Institution - Hoover Institution Prime Minister John Howard offers insights into Australia’s own "special relationship" with the United States beginning with why Australia's participation in the Iraq war was in his nation's best interest. Echoing parallels with the United States, he offers his views on multiculturalism - which he calls "a very confused credo" - and Australia's role in the "Anglosphere," particularly as it relates to China, its largest and most powerful Asian neighbor. He speaks of the current financial crisis and the need to remain confident in the market and the dangers of overregulation.  Finally, he answers "What should Americans know about Australia that we don't?"