Trust Mike Carlton in his weekly op-ed piece in the SMH to put it succinctly:
"Visiting Washington to hobnob with Deadeye Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, our mini-Defence Minister, Brendan Nelson, promised to do everything possible to prevent the North Koreans firing their new long-range missile into the Pacific.
This will have pleased his hosts no end, although exactly how Nelson hopes to stop the launch was not spelled out. Unless he intends to throw himself gallantly on top of the thing before it goes off, Australia's options would seem limited."
Carlton's column this week is particularly perceptive as it analyses a world seemingly confronted by conflicts and issues all over the place. And then there is how despite all the might of the US having been put on display the world actually views America and its actions. Read the full column here.
"Visiting Washington to hobnob with Deadeye Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, our mini-Defence Minister, Brendan Nelson, promised to do everything possible to prevent the North Koreans firing their new long-range missile into the Pacific.
This will have pleased his hosts no end, although exactly how Nelson hopes to stop the launch was not spelled out. Unless he intends to throw himself gallantly on top of the thing before it goes off, Australia's options would seem limited."
Carlton's column this week is particularly perceptive as it analyses a world seemingly confronted by conflicts and issues all over the place. And then there is how despite all the might of the US having been put on display the world actually views America and its actions. Read the full column here.
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