Re: Talking about Gobby Women...
Originally Posted by
Psmith
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I'm new to Australian politics and was disappointed to discover that this great country has it's tongue firmly up the USA bum,much like the UK.New Zealand usually tells them where they can stick it,so they are OK by me.
Well yeah. I would not put it exactly like that PS. Australia has been in close alliance with the US since WW2 when they virtually saved us from in invasion in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Of course we are all buddies and cobbers with Japan now. Which is a good thing. Australia pulls it's weight and punches above it in the Pacific. The Geopolitics in this region is really precarious right now. Having an alliance that is effective and practical is a long way from just having "your tongue up..etc"
(Choice turn of phase btw
) And it is and has been about a whole lot more than just D.Trump. There is a lot to like about NZ. Especially their cool and classy PM. If every country..especially the UK!.. had a leader like her this flunked up world would be a much better place. But to be fair, I also gotta say it's easy to go on thinking that nobody will ever harm your harmless little old "Middle Earth" and we are just happy to mind our own business down here...etc. That is until somebody decides different . The "NZ" in ANZUS needs to mean something. What the UK does on the other hand doesn't mean much in this region really does it?.