> If it wasn’t for the United States Navy, Australians would be speaking Japanese.
No they wouldn’t. And everybody DownUnder is sick and tired of hearing Yanks say that, so why not give it a rest.
We all deplore this assault on American sailors. WW-II will have had nothing to do with that.
My Dad served in New Guinea in WWII and knew a number of Aussie soldiers. He said the Aussies were half whacked on quinine (keeping the malaria symptoms down) and tough as hell. He wished the Japs feared the Americans half as much as they feared the Aussies.
In his opinion, a Japanese invasion of Australia would have been a bloody fiasco for the Japs. No American help needed.
Several Australians have died in Afghanistan fighting for Americans.
In addition, the assailants were likely Muslims immigrants.
Ever heard the term “Ugly American”, reg45?
As for Australia being “saved” by the American navy, we need to remember the huge effort put forth by this country to save itself.
We are not talking about France here.
The Japanese had daily broadcasts bragging about the white slaves they were going to have working the fields in Australia. Having lived the country for a few years I believe the Japanese would have met their match if they invaded.
And without Australia’s Pine Gap, the CIA would be utterly screwed. Leave the Ugly American schtick to the Left. Australia’s a fantastic country, the women are beautiful and friendly, the beer great. Take the time to read their Defense Ministry’s recent white paper on projected US influence in the Pacific region. They’re planning for a day when the US can’t meet it’s commitments.
And many Australians do speak Japanese, it’s a huge trading partner and holiday destination, particularly for Australian skiers. Both countries are small relative to China (which both view as the primary long term threat to their national interests), both have a historical distaste for immigration, and both have a well-educated, literate populace— far more so than the US, which should place its public school system under the Department of Agriculture because they are nothing but moron farms.
Here’s a couple of podcast links to an ABC-Radio National program called Countrerpoint:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2009/2545454.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2009/2539519.htm
It’s nice to hear an intelligent discussion of conservatism, instead of the heat sans light ratings generators that rip through the manic American populace.
No they wouldn’t.
So it's your contention that the Aussies, on their own, could have held off the Japanese, a task that China, Burma, The Phillipines, an much of the rest of Asia failed at?
Sorry it may be impolite to say it but the original writers statement seems factual.
I have a lady friend in Perth that told me the originals are a problem, making gangs and being violent
Most likely a misunderstanding that got out of hand, but,, a mugging?
With your girlfriend with you?
I dunno