Alexander Downer, Master of the Obvious

Australia’s foreign minister, Alexander Downer, demonstrates [his innate ability to state the bloody obvious.](http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11995156%255E1702,00.html)  Here’s an excerpt:

THE fatal bomb blast outside the Australian embassy in Baghdad appeared to be aimed at the Australian embassy, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said today.

Well duh! If they were trying to hit the French, they were certainly in the wrong neighbourhood.

Later in that same press conference, Mr. Downer stated that beef comes from cows, ice cubes make drinks cooler, and no one found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He then dropped his pants to demonstrate gravity.