Mark Latham would not have been elected Labor leader if the party had known of his anti-American views, opposition defence spokesman Robert McClelland said today. The latest extract from the former Labor leader's soon to be published diaries reveals Mr Latham believed the US alliance was "the last manifestation of the White Australia mentality" and should be dropped. He said the alliance was a funnel that had drawn Australia into unnecessary wars, including in Vietnam and Iraq. Mr McClelland said today the Labor Party was at odds with its former leader's views. "The Australian Labor Party has a 65-year commitment...