I think she is saying this in the context of the election You...

I think she is saying this in the context of the election

You can 'think' as much as you like.

She actually WROTE; "Coming after the terrorist shock of 9/11 and in the atmosphere of fear that it created, Howard took a hairy-chested political approach and deployed our elite military forces to stop a Norwegian freighter, the Tampa, from bringing rescued asylum-seekers to our shore.”

In fact, the Tampa episode actually took place weeks before the September 11 attacks in 2001

Two dates, two facts.