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Originally posted by Access Denied
I don’t get it. If you’re an Australian why would you not want Pine Gap? It’s part of a U.S. built and paid for spy satellite network that provides global signal, missile launch, and nuclear blast detection. In exchange for leasing these locations (there’s two of them in Australia) to the U.S. the Australian military is given access to relevant portions of this intelligence as part of a “Joint Defence” agreement.
Personally, I think National Security is a good thing and you can’t always trust politicians who may have hidden agendas to keep their mouths shut so I’m not surprised they’re not routinely allowed to wander around in there.
Originally posted by The Collective
Strange how John Howard has been the most Pro-American and also spent the longest time as P.M....hes never once denied any decision made by the U.S. or the Brits for that matter.
Originally posted by DaRAGE
oh yeah....
I don't understant the thought patterns that must be going through your head when you say that you don't want joint american-australian bases in australia.
Pine gap is a damn good intelligence gathering base.
Mate,
John Howard is our best Prime Minister ever. And he's going for reelection again. If he gets elected, it will be his 5th or 4th term in office.
And yes he is pro-american, And Pro-UK, And i dont think Australians would have it any other way.
Kim Beazley in the opposition isn't pro-American. I would NOT want him EVER in office. Not JUST because of this (whihc is a big reason), but because he is a FREAKIN' idiot who would do Australians bad. He would take away the GST if he could and the new workplace relation (which a lot of aussies don't like, but i tend to agree with.). He doesn't know how to lead a nation, or what australians want. he just likes to rebuttle for the sake of it,. For instance. If i were to say i am a human, he would rebuttle saying i am not a human, but a homo-sapian with decreased intelligence (god only knows how my intelligence got in to the debate). If i were to say a banana is a banana he would say a banana is not a banana at alll, but an apple.
Originally posted by DaRAGE
Originally posted by The Collective
Strange how John Howard has been the most Pro-American and also spent the longest time as P.M....hes never once denied any decision made by the U.S. or the Brits for that matter.
Mate,
John Howard is our best Prime Minister ever. And he's going for reelection again. If he gets elected, it will be his 5th or 4th term in office.
And yes he is pro-american, And Pro-UK, And i dont think Australians would have it any other way.
Kim Beazley in the opposition isn't pro-American. I would NOT want him EVER in office. Not JUST because of this (whihc is a big reason), but because he is a FREAKIN' idiot who would do Australians bad. He would take away the GST if he could and the new workplace relation (which a lot of aussies don't like, but i tend to agree with.). He doesn't know how to lead a nation, or what australians want. he just likes to rebuttle for the sake of it,. For instance. If i were to say i am a human, he would rebuttle saying i am not a human, but a homo-sapian with decreased intelligence (god only knows how my intelligence got in to the debate). If i were to say a banana is a banana he would say a banana is not a banana at alll, but an apple.