This read from Woolcott today is interesting. He writes about political balance between the U.S., China and Australia.
In the following quote, I agree with the last part (in bold).
The ANZUS treaty "should not be regarded as an absolute guarantee of American military support (which it is not), or as a political sacred cow", he writes, adding that ANZUS or the broader US alliance had led Australia into three unsuccessful wars - Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Yet, I wonder what some of the be-friends-with-Communist China think of this warning?
Another question requires caution. Of the two; Communist China and the U.S., which has a better chance of supporting freedom of speech and free will?
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From the Australian, 6 March 2010, Cameron Stewart:
"CHINA should exert direct economic pressure on Australia, including diverting
mining investments to other countries, to discourage Canberra from seeking
closer military ties with the US, a Chinese think tank has warned.
The think tank says Australia is psychologically divided about a rising China and is "wavering
strategically" about the extent to which it should cosy up to the US because it fears Beijing's
growing military capability.
In a rare and critical analysis of Australia's strategic posture published in the US Air Force's
influential Air & Space Power Journal, Liao Kai of China's Knowfar Institute of Strategic and
Defence Studies says Beijing should use a mixture of carrot and stick to encourage Australia not
to take its military friendship with Washington too far.
"To some degree, Australians' vigilance towards China is triggered by the latter's aggressive
procurement of resources from their county," Mr Kai says. "By diverting its resources investments
to more regions and countries, China could enjoy the twofold benefit of, one, mitigating the risk of
relying too heavily on only a few sources of supply and, two, making nations like Australia
understand that national interests are often reciprocal.
"Using all necessary economic and diplomatic means, China should try to persuade Australia to
keep its military co-operation with the US within an appropriate scope."
The analysis reflects growing concern in China that Australia is too eager to assist US att
Given the NDAA - the US Government has blown apart the bill of rights. Now any US citizen can be deemed a "terrorist" and incarcerated without recourse to a jury, a lawyer, or a trial - indefinently for the rest of his life.
So there is increasing less and less daylight between the governments of China and the US.
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