I'll give you five Indonesians for your three Cubans...

Well, here we go again.
Another immigration announcement by our "fair but firm" leaders in Canberra looks set to take Australia forward in great leaps and bounds - John Howard announced a deal to swap refugees with the US.
Swap???
What, are we playing cards now?
Seriously, I reckon that rates up there with one of the most ridiculous ideas I have ever heard.
According to our esteemed PM, it will discourage people smugglers because they won't be sure the refugees will get into Australia. Like the US is a deterrent?? If we really wanted to put in a deterrent, why not organise a swap with, say, Zimbabwe? Granted, they wouldn't have a massive refugee pool to tap into, but it would surely deter people if they knew they were going somewhere worse from whence they came.....