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  Alinsky4prez at 05:49 PM JST - 10th September

  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 at 06:47 PM JST - 10th September

  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 at 07:24 PM JST - 10th September

  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 at 07:28 PM JST - 10th September

  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 at 07:30 PM JST - 10th September

  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 at 08:01 PM JST - 10th September

  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 at 09:50 PM JST - 10th September

  " 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 at 10:51 PM JST - 10th September

  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 at 12:00 AM JST - 11th September

  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 at 12:08 AM JST - 11th September

  Hmmm.... Build a wall against China. Build a wall against Russia. I wonder what will happen.

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  adaydream at 01:37 AM JST - 11th September

  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 at 01:46 AM JST - 11th September

  "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 at 05:07 AM JST - 11th September

  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 at 03:12 PM JST - 11th September

  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 at 05:12 PM JST - 11th September

  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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