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Dodgy

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2. Its all about China

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 06:33 AM

Dec 2011

Yeah that line about Indonesia is absolute bollocks and just highlights the xenophobic underbelly of this nation.

How ridiculous. Indonesia is not a economic threat to Aust or the US. China is a rising power and the US is counting on its military muscle to dominate China’s vital shipping routes for energy and raw materials from the Middle East and Africa through key choke points—above all the Malacca Strait—to the South China Sea. These plans recall the way in which the US exploited its naval power to impose an oil blockade on Japan in 1941, triggering a chain of events that led to the Pacific War.

Oh and that narrative that the US had thoughts of democracy on thier minds during shock and awe is really really laughable at best.

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It's a bad move, imo... Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 #1

Its all about China Dodgy Dec 2011 #2

Of course it's about China. Matilda Dec 2011 #3

This is not the first time there's been a US base at Darwin. Lasher Jan 2012 #4

My father was in the Merchant Navy Matilda Jan 2012 #5

The US lost some ships and planes during the bombing of Darwin SwissTony Jan 2012 #6

That Darwin attack occurred on 19 February 1942. Lasher Jan 2012 #7

OP is PPR by Skinner: "Newbie North Korea apologist." ellisonz Mar 2012 #8

Initially I was reasonably comfortable about the US troops in Darwin pink Mar 2012 #9

Mentioned when Pres was in Aussie peakhillfm Mar 2012 #10

I was just talking... foreigncorrespondent Mar 2012 #11

There was a feeling post-WWII that the U.S. had saved our arses from the Japanese, Matilda Mar 2012 #12

Yes... foreigncorrespondent Mar 2012 #13

Read some of the stories about the POWs in Changi, Matilda Mar 2012 #14

I have read a lot... foreigncorrespondent Mar 2012 #15