Australian PM calls for military buildup
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TonyUS
Inevitable… Australia along with US and other allies will have to keep in check China, since there is no predicting what the leaders have on their minds, if anything like the past….POWER!!! Now for Japan to come to the reality of the 21st century.. I hope Japan’s people will come out of their coma. One report says a rapid build up of 48 billion US dollars to be spent.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080910/wlnm/australiadefencedc;ylt=AhyPhXxTu_.3op4P918cgzdvaA8F
When one builds the rest must follow, it is just a natural reaction and the keeping of a balance, something Russia just does not get into their heads. They have helped China build their military drastically and expect others to just look the other way.. I think not and the US and its allies including the new break away states of the Soviet Union is showing to be in the face proof of that. As a knee jerk reaction we see what Russia has done in response. Hahaha like a little kid throwing a tantrum.. China is a main culprit with Russia being the accomplice.
Any way Australia is making a very good move and Japan should follow hot on the heals and let China know they can not go all out with no one taking actions of their own.
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proxy
Australia could spend 100% of its budget on arms and still just be a pimple to pop for China.
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Osakadaz
well at least Kevin Rudd speaks Mandarin fluently so we may not have to blindly follow the US or Japan into a war with China.Australia does need to lift it's game, but NZ has probably more to worry about with it's military spending.NZ is to be commended for it's pacifist stance however. Australia's ex-pm raised our profile in all the wrong ways.
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bushlover
Kev's good buds with the Chinese. He speaks the lingo and he really likes their chow. He's always willing to get together with Chew Ta Fat.
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Altria
I'm with ya Kev! A boomerang for every Australian!
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bushlover
Hey NZ has a new Rainbow Warrior doesn't it? It'll never catch up to Australia though with it's 6 months in a leaky boat naval policy. They can barely herd whales to safety. Australia will almost be as powerful as Canada one day. Canada's got the edge on em because of their close proximity to their southern neighbors. Without them they'd all be learning Mandarin on Kev's advice.
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Alinsky4prez
that is not the Kevin Rudd I know! If he keeps this up,well then I'll be forced to use lower case letters when referring to him or his country.
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SezWho2
TonyUS,
You say that "when one builds the rest must follow". I think you'll find that the US is leading in the building department.
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SuperLib
Poor Sez.....Rudd's speech might get in the way of his desire to see China dominate over the Aussies....just because "they should"... ;)
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reddragonguy
The alliances in Pacific was fragile and unreliable...Once the US lost contact with those satellites in space their aircraft carriers,Guam or maybe the homeland will be very vulnerable! And if the cost that exceeding their calculations, they will back down and broken. US lost the Korean war and the vietnam war were examples. Those allies will just leave her álone'...The arms race is good for China for long term with such a giantic size economy,after twenty years of great leaping China is still running strong and stronger than ever because that promotes strong economic drives and benefited to the whole country's solidarity..the rise of China is the demise of the present hegamony and soon everyone in the pacific including the oceania will understood that it wasnt their fortunes! Australia's fist was puny what Rudd's demands was negilable in asia's stragetic balances but the cost of betting the wrong side will be very considerable!
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reddragonguy
Australia underspent on defense for about three decades
That wont help much,the aussie's economic size is still far short in asia. Her populations was too small and diversed!
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SezWho2
Poor SuperLib...still inventing what he wants people to have said instead of dealing with what they actually have said.
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tclh
" but the cost of betting the wrong side will be very considerable!'..in war Australia always fought the enemy with UK,US,NZ..never alone. Today Australia is multicultural country,with people from all over the world live here. If China dares to touch Australia, China will be finished ..for good.
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Betting
With people on the boards like RDG, Australia certainly knows who its friends aren't.
I think in the long run China will run out of steam as it can't make any reliable allies. And since China makes everyone quite nervous, they will all make an alliance to counter it.
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OssanULTRA
China's great advancement so far in the 21st century has been to build up their military to the point of shaking up everyone around them, putting a man into orbit which is what the US and USSR did 40 years ago, and to to become a top global exporter of manufactured products, a position which is already now on the decline. Meantime the demonstrations against the Chinese govt have increased, the gap between the rich and poor have widened, authoritarian controls and censhorship has gotten greater. It is indeed possible that it is China that is the paper Tiger of the 21st century. Nevertheless, China stil remains the big strategic threat in Asia and I support Australia increasing it's military capabilities. A military alliance involving the US, Japan, Australia and India with other nations in between would be the ideal "Great Wall" that will prevent any possible aggression on China's part and maintain peace and stability in East Asia.
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SezWho2
Hmmm.... Build a wall against China. Build a wall against Russia. I wonder what will happen.
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adaydream
It's a lot better to do a military build-up versus starting a war for profits and watching 1000s die needlessly.
Australia's smart to be prepared. < :-)
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mushroomcloud
"A military alliance involving the US, Japan, Australia and India with other nations in between would be the ideal "Great Wall" that will prevent any possible aggression on China's part and maintain peace and stability in East Asia."
Separate military defense pacts exist between US-Japan, US-Australia (ANZUS), and Australia-Japan (signed by Howard-Abe last year), with India being the non-aligned party in this equation, even though they do not mind US-India nuclear cooperation. It will indeed be interesting to see how the security situation evolves in Asia.
"China's great advancement so far in the 21st century has been to build up their military to the point of shaking up everyone around them, putting a man into orbit which is what the US and USSR did 40 years ago, and to to become a top global exporter of manufactured products, a position which is already now on the decline."
I agree with these points, and would like to add one more, China's great advancement so far in the 21st century includes moving over 300 million people out of abject poverty.
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moderateguy2008
Good call Aussies.
If Japan makes itself a "normal" military nation again, it may not be long before Japan`s military expeditians reach your shores.
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Alinsky4prez
Looks like the Aussies voted for a bush wannabe. Most Australians I know are deeply ashamed. They got swindled. President rudd took them for a ride.
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bushlover
President Rudd knows how to keep his Chinese masters happy. Their foothold in the South Pacific. Watch out NZ. So much for that ANUS pact.
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discrate
Who is president rudd? I know only of prime minister rudd. Bushlover and alinsky4prez have no idea what there talking about.
Australias military build up is justified. Australias defence force is really really outdated and witht he growing super powers australia needs to protect its self
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Sarge
I see that this article is from Sept.10, 2008.
So, what's happened in the past 8 months? Is Australia's military building up or what?
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