29-04-2014, 11:25 AM
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Re: "America is Ready to Act" said Obama.
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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but of course - Audie Murphy and John Wayne won that one between them - how could I have forgotten.
Personally, Bruce, I reckon we owe more to the Anzacs than the americans.
America was the best friend Britain had during the second world war, without lend lease Britain would have sunk and become a financial basket case; despite the name it was just a very big gift of support, ships and supplies from the US. It was NEVER repaid.
And it was only Curtin ignoring that bastard Churchill that stopped the Japanese in Papua New Guinea. Churchill ordered two divisions of Australian troops from the Middle East to be sent to Burma Curtin countermanded the order and had them returned to Australia where they were used in the defence of Australia.
Churchill, Australia's so called friend, said, "We can get Australia back after the war."
I don't think Australia has trusted Britain since, hence in 1951 the signing of the ANZUS Treaty which is still in effect today.
Churchill had no intention of sending a British fleet to save Australia from a Japanese invasion. He had already betrayed Australia at the Arcadia Conference (see above).
Curtin was becoming convinced during December 1941 that Churchill's assurances of British military support for Australia against Japan were worthless, and he was not prepared to see Australia abandoned by the British to a Japanese invasion.
On 26 December 1941, the Australian Prime Minister addressed the nation in a radio address that made it quite clear that Australia was in grave danger from the Japanese and reflected Curtin's disillusionment with Churchill's assurances that Britain would furnish powerful support if Australia was threatened with Japanese invasion. In the course of this famous speech, which was published in the Melbourne Herald newspaper on 27 December 1942, Curtin said,
"Without any inhibitions of any kind, I make it quite clear that Australia looks to America, free of any pangs as to our traditional links or kinship with the United Kingdom."
29-04-2014, 12:28 PM
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Re: "America is Ready to Act" said Obama.
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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I am in favour of being friends with anyone but a good friend knows they can say no this is not a good idea, and a better friend will listen and understand that you don't want to be involved.
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