A champagne socialist reflects on Western culture and the Universe... and whilst gazing at his navel, he comes up with a lot of useless lint. It is the fruits of this navel-gazing that form the substance of this blog.
Published on November 11, 2004 By Champas Socialist In Politics
So apparently, a few days after the US and Australia have finished having those pesky elections, there are now talks of the USA testing smart bombs in Australia. Funny how no one mentioned this idea before October 9. I suppose the idea sprung out of nowhere in a post-election whim and they were so inspired they immediately laid out all the plans, and then, in a fit of creativity came up with ideas like anti-abortion laws and the abolition of compulsory student unions. If only they'd thought of these things before the election, the majority might have been even bigger!

The first demonstration I was ever involved in was against the French testing bombs in Muroroa. The argument then was, if it was so safe, then why couldn't they do it back home? The same applies to the USA. Test your own bombs on your own soil. We are not your colony. Given the outrage we Australians had against the French, I hope we will not sit by placidly watching the Americans test bombs on OUR OWN SOIL! That really is taking ANZUS too far.

Sorry drmiler, am I allowed to comment on this? I know it involves your President, but I think my country is also in some way involved. I'll remove the blog if you think I have no right to comment.

Smart bombs? The only truly smart bomb is one that refuses to go to war.

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on Nov 16, 2004
lets say a bunch of crazed New Zealanders decided to take over Australia


The All Blacks haven't made the finals of RWC in awhile.

Hitler didn't have weapons of this type of intelligence and so war was necessary and justified


Unfortunately, wars happen. The weaponry of today is orders of magnitude safer (not safe) than previous incarnations, they actually save lives in war time (when compared to carpet bombing or leveling entire cities). Yes, it's still ugly and tragic.

Reasons for developing "better" weapons are likely to be that Bush wants to engage in wars


Actually, I would think it is to save more lives when war does occur. I can certainly respect your objections to testing them in Australia though.
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