Australia’s danger in closer military ties with USA

lf the primary justification is ”regional security”, why should Australia agree to even greater military ties with the US when it will make us more of a potential target for terrorism?

Questions Hillary wasn’t asked on her date with Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, Hamish Ford, November 10, 2010 – “…..Here, then, are the questions that weren’t asked of Hillary Clinton, but at least a couple of which should have been: ………..

lf the primary justification is ”regional security”, why should Australia agree to even greater military ties with the US when it will make us more of a potential target for terrorism?

Considering the vast Pacific Ocean between Los Angeles and Sydney or Tokyo, why should the US be the main power in the Asia-Pacific region?

China’s ”rise” is clearly fuelling the Obama Administration’s renewed emphasis on the region, despite diplomatic words to the contrary. What evidence is there that China will be a hostile global power (as distinct from the issue of internal human rights) when it is rather many other nations – prominently the US itself – that have long records of invading and occupying others’ land?

Why are there more Western soldiers in the Middle East than at any time in history (including the Crusades)? And why does the US today have more military bases all over the world than ever before?

What justifies Israel and the US (which both possess nuclear weapons) threatening Iran with military action over its alleged plans to build a nuclear bomb while the International Atomic Energy Agency and even the US State department and Pentagon have repeatedly said the country has no such program? And, if this is such a concern, why not support the Arab League’s longstanding call for a nuclear free zone in the Middle East?

On issues such as Iran, Israel’s long occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, and the blockade of Cuba, why does the US claim to articulate the wishes of the ”international community” when repeated votes on the floor of the UN and global opinion polls indicate the majority of the world in fact has a very different view?

Why does the Obama Administration continue to bomb Pakistan (a supposed ally), using unmanned drones, against the express wishes of the elected government?

Why has the US government repeatedly supported many of the most human rights-abusing regimes in the world, such as Saudi Arabia?

Hillary Clinton’s visit to Australia

November 9, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics international | antinuclear, Australia, nuclear, nuclear weapons

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