12-11-2011, 11:17 PM
Australia has has been a forward operating base for a long time. The good ole USofA is not the first to take advantage of its dominating location, its vast resources, etc. (Sorry, too, Maggie... and all who lie under the Southern Cross). Indeed, most of the globe can be considered (or soon will be) worthy of an FOB in their postal address. [Mine is in the greater realm of the military-industrial complex centered on the old rude bridge that arched the flood, its nearby airfield, et alia.] The reason the lanes in the territory have some mystery left in them is because they disgorged a number of people suddenly* one day when the Empire's local marines (dressed in red) tried to seize their powder, generating a couple of poems, lots of roadside historical markers, re-enactments and a museum or two.
* I note the word 'suddenly' with tongue-in-cheek, having an annotated copy of Ray Raphael's "The First American Revolution", and other histories written during the era.
* I note the word 'suddenly' with tongue-in-cheek, having an annotated copy of Ray Raphael's "The First American Revolution", and other histories written during the era.
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"