[KangarooJacqui]

New Zealand may have abandoned the ANZUS treaty long ago, but Australia has not. The concept of "mateship", which small-l liberals scoff at here, is taken very seriously by the rest of us - between countries as well as between individuals.

[Bogey78O]

Awesome. That'll give the commies in asia soemthing to ponder.

[Southack]

Mmmmmm.... Australia's low-frequency radar....tasty!

[buccaneer81]

Good to see you!

[thoughtomator]

America will never waver in our loyalty to our best friends in the world, the Australians.

[traviskicks]

nice! So, we got Japan, Australia... What about South Korea? I would guess if we haven't got them we'll get them. What will North Korea do then?

Then we can really bring the pain.

oh and, by the way, thank God for Ronald Reagan and 'star wars'. Certainly is paying dividends now eh?

[Piefloater]

New Zealand may have abandoned the ANZUS treaty long ago, but Australia has not.

Dont talk too soon.

If the pack of idiots known as the ALP win the next election (IMHO a distinct possibility) we may very well join NZ. Latham would pull out of missile defense cooperation in a heart beat. They have already indicated that they will downgrade the US alliance and, after his comments about GWB, Latham would be about as welcome at the White House as the bubonic plague.

It's a worry.

[jriemer]

"Containtmint" might join "strategery" as the new Bush watch-word.

Not much fuss was made when Japan joined the missile defense system but now with Australia on board, we are seeing the groundworks of a global strategery. The next country to sign on might reveal more clues as to the action behind the scenes.