"Australia should not embrace America, writes its former prime minister, but preserve itself from Washington’s reckless overreach.
Malcolm Fraser
December 16, 2014
IT IS time for Australia to end its strategic dependence on the United States. The relationship with America, which has long been regarded
as beneficial, has now become dangerous to Australia’s future. We have effectively ceded to America the ability to decide when Australia goes to war. Even if America were the most perfect and benign power, this posture would still be incompatible with the integrity of Australia as a sovereign nation. It entails not simply deference but submission to Washington, an intolerable state of affairs for a country whose power and prosperity are increasing and whose national interests dictate that it enjoy amicable, not hostile, relations with its neighbors, including China.... "
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http://nationalinterest.org/feature/america-australias-dangerous-ally-11858
Good advice then, now it's becoming urgent, we need an exit plan, China and Russia were WWII allies,
it's high time for our pollies to eat some humble pie ... ...
