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2004-07-14 Down Under

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Posted by Steve White 2004-07-14 12:48:32 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Anglosphere == serious.

Hispanosphere == chickens.

Looks simple to me.

Posted by someone 2004-07-14 12:58:51 AM|| 2004-07-14 12:58:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Just hope the grown ups can still lead. But it's a drag that the grown ups of this world, Anglosphere, have to show the way. As little children and pot smokin Euros whine with their cheese.

Posted by Lucky 2004-07-14 1:46:13 AM|| 2004-07-14 1:46:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Phpbt. Latham makes Kerry look serious when it comes to the WoT. Labour, call back when you sack Latham. I don't care how you shuffle the palace guards.

Posted by Mitch H. 2004-07-14 8:37:45 AM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2004-07-14 8:37:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I think Latham's actually some sort of Auzzie running joke. Wonder when they'll pull the plug.

Posted by Bulldog 2004-07-14 8:46:37 AM|| 2004-07-14 8:46:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Article: "Australia must engage more effectively with Asia," Latham said in a speech to the Institute of International Affairs in Sydney. "In the past, Labour governments were able to shape the pattern of regional arrangements ... the Howard government has moved in a different direction."

"Engaging more effectively with Asia" means that Australia should cave in to demands from Indonesia, Malaysia and China that it should dissociate itself from its alliance with the United States. Latham makes Kerry look like a straight-talker.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-07-14 9:51:53 AM|| [http://www.polipundit.com] 2004-07-14 9:51:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The basic point is that there is no "engaging more effectively with Asia" - most of the Asian countries have interests and agendas of their own that run counter to Australian interests. In the long run, giving in to Asian demands over the alliance is a dangerous thing to do - the US is the only power squarely in Australia's corner, even if Australia's leftists pretend that its disputes with Asian powers are merely the result of misunderstandings.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-07-14 9:57:26 AM|| [http://www.polipundit.com] 2004-07-14 9:57:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I would like to see Australia take the lead in helping the Phillipines with their little Islamic insurgency problem. I'd also like to see them help Thailand with their growing issues.

I'd love to see them help Indonesia but realistically I don't see the Indonesians welcoming help. They'd rather fall apart on their own.

Posted by yank 2004-07-14 11:52:38 AM|| [politicaljunky.blogspot.com] 2004-07-14 11:52:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Australia-it's appreciated by us that you're providing a model for the world of what a positive American/allied relationship looks like.

Australia-thank you for your sacrifices and integrity in this war.

Posted by jules 187 2004-07-14 12:36:02 PM|| 2004-07-14 12:36:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 "... offer 20 to 30 non-combat personnel to support the protection of the United Nations mission in Iraq."

Ummm. Pardon me while I giggle for a while. Non-combat personnel? Great idea. I'm sure they'll be a lot of protection.

Posted by Kathy K 2004-07-14 8:12:04 PM|| [site-essential.com/] 2004-07-14 8:12:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I doubt Beazley could lead Ausralia's armed forces into the front bar on a Friday night. He was held in very low esteem- once he got stuck in the hatch of a tank and had to be lifted out with a crane.
And the late and unlamented Keating Labor government did the "engagement with Asia" bit. This consisted of Keating sucking up to the mega thief Soeharto in the most sickening style. Lots of father-son shit. God it was embarrassing.
And as for the headline- dont you ever confuse Australia with the Australian Labor Party. The two have nothing in common.

Posted by Grunter 2004-07-14 9:10:55 PM|| 2004-07-14 9:10:55 PM|| Front Page Top

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