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2003-06-02 Home Front

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Posted by Celissa 2003-06-02 02:15 pm|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 left out an an 'e' on "of course"

Posted by Celissa 2003-06-02 14:40:05|| [www.celissasblog.com/weblog.php] 2003-06-02 14:40:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, I think that a relatively small U.S. base in Australia would work well, as long as it was well known that Australian troops trained there as well. Maybe a co-basing deal of some kind. More for U.S. use the Aussie, but good for the Aussies too. No reason we can't invite the the Brits down for Tea & Crumpets from time to time either.

Posted by Mike N. 2003-06-02 14:57:18|| 2003-06-02 14:57:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Australia's so huge, our guys could plunk down in the middle of nowhere, establish a reverse osmosis fresh water generation plant and call it home. If Australia rejects US forces, it's not going to be due to lack of space - the reason will be opposition from neighbors that want to preserve their freedom of action in resolving territorial disputes by force. A major US base in Australia would place severe constraints on any empire-building fantasies Australia's neighbors might have. Asian countries still entertain the notion that Australia is "Asian" and therefore terra nova for their imperialistic fantasies - Japan was merely the first Asian country to act on that view (during WWII).

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-06-02 16:29:11|| 2003-06-02 16:29:11|| Front Page Top

#4 All good things come to an end.

Fortress America is looking better and better all the time.

Posted by Hiryu 2003-06-02 18:00:54|| 2003-06-02 18:00:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Do we really have more leftists than the US? Even on a percentage basis? You guys have Mike Moore etc?
A little known fact in Australia is that we already host a foreign military power - Singapore, which has a significant part of its Air Force here permanently. There is close to zero political concern about this.

At least please base some airplanes at RAAF Tindal. It is a popular duty station in the RAAF(lots of outdoorsy type activities and the Northern Territory has NO open road speed limits.)
I'm sure our fighter pilots will enjoy showing your fighter pilots how to do it :-)

Posted by Aussie Mike 2003-06-02 19:58:11|| 2003-06-02 19:58:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Aussie Mike,

All I can say is that it would be one "hell of a bull session" listening to your pilots and our pilots trying to play "one up!" Fighter pilots, the good ones at least, are the same the world over. Would be great fun to hear a tape recording of THAT session!

All the Best.

Posted by Ralph 2003-06-02 20:31:22|| 2003-06-02 20:31:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Northern Australia might not be a bad place to deploy the 2nd Infantry Division.

Posted by badanov 2003-06-02 20:57:19|| [www.rkka.org] 2003-06-02 20:57:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Come to Australia, Please COME HERE TO AUSTRALIA we really do want you

how fantastic to have a shield to fend of the Indo's to the north.

But you are right we have so many stupid dicks on the left like Beasley, Crean, Mark Latham (upset your ambassador with a filthy anti-US tirade in parliament) the Greens etc that it would be hard.

I think that's a great idea if you let it be well known that it is a joint US-Australian base, emphasise that we are skill sharing, joint training but just make sure there are 50,000 US troops here to the 5,000 Aussies!

Great for business, great for Darwin property prices ( I knew I should have bought that terrace in The Gardens for $180,000)and GREAT FOR US GIRLS.

My friend Kati and I were joking: let me at 'em! American men are so good looking and generally polite and lovely I want to have 50,000 of them so I can pick and choose.

Posted by Anon1 2003-06-02 21:00:32|| 2003-06-02 21:00:32|| Front Page Top

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