Hell, it took 8 years for our own country to get part of our house in order. We did used to have some jackass Communist here named Klinton, and he sure as hell didn't speak for everyone in the US.
The Kiwi's were one of the few to help us in Nam. I take my hat off for that. Regardless if it is just moral support, intelligence support or military support, the support is appreciated. It's times like this where we find out who our friends are.
And with regards to the comment about the US having China be a better neighbor, we've been trying to correct the China policy our government has had for years.
Honestly. Is all this making anyone else's head ache? I think it all got said on the original thread. A lot. I note there may be some confusion now that there seems also to be a "kiwigirl". Hi. I thought I would just point out to everyone that NZ is not full of flaming lefties. Although, I do get a whole lot of grief from people for having voted ACT at the last election. I'm sorry to say though that I have never appeared in Hercules.