Posted by floatingbridge on August 9, 2011, at 16:22:54
In reply to Re: A cultural Chernobyl, posted by sigismund on August 9, 2011, at 14:39:35
"Then-Australian leader Kevin Rudd told the United States it should be prepared to use force against China if everything goes wrong, a US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks reveals."
The "if everything goes wrong parts" alarms me.
Interesting. I see what you mean, maybe about Rudd, and what you have mentioned before about Australia punching above it's weight. I read this as Rudd hedging alliances to China and the US. It strikes me as driven by a fearful vulnerability. Then again, if Australia is being used as a mining resource....
I dig a pony.
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