US military to get 'unfettered access' to bases in Australia

[Magda Hassan]

The Australian government is nothing but a front for the US secret government anyway. It is disgusting the sycophancy and lapdoggery that goes on with 'Australian' politicians towards the US.

Is Whitlam still alive? Wonder what he'd say...but to my knowledge, he kept his mouth shut over the CIA-sponsored destabilization [cum coup d'etat] in Oz, back then......and seem like coming again soon, as needed. The strangest thing to me is that Australia has NO NEED of being a lapdog to the USA. You are totally self-sufficient wihout us, and could manage fine with only diplomatic [sans military and intelligence] ties..... Someone must be getting big bucks to keep that relationship going. :joystick:

Whitlam is still around. Yes, he could have said a lot more. Others spoke for him. The craven brown nosing of our politicians is something to behold. Sickening. And as you say totally un-necessary and no (equal and respectful) relationship should be like this. They can find their way to the US embassy more easily than they can find their way home. The leash is short indeed for these lap dogs. And the Americans just laugh at them as they roll over and beg for more of the same. The 'joint facility' bases that the US have here are off limits to the locals as Whitlam found out when he wanted to look at Pine gap when he discovered it was not the weather station that he had been told it was. They share selective information with us when they want but then have people threatened with espionage charges too if they don't do what they want http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/s276564.htm
I really want to see some thing like this one day both here and in UK. I can dream.....
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