Australian Policy towards Japan changes with election of Rudd Government

Australian Policy towards Japan changes with election of Rudd Labor Government

In March 2007, John Howard signed an unprecedented bilateral security agreement with Japan. Howard stupidly being drawn into the treaty by pressure from the ultra right wing hawke US Vice President Dick Cheney’s (the real President!)longterm scheme of tieing together a US-Japan-Australia-India virtual alliance aimed at containing China.

The wisdom of the security agreement with Japan however is very questionable given the underlying hatred of the U.S (and by inference our country) by much of their elite and the lingering dream of neo-militarists in the governing LDP of reconstructing their despised 'Greater Co-prosperity sphere' once more.

Sanity luckily after a lost decade is once again seemigly prevailing in Canberra and the new PM Rudd has let it be known that whilst he supports military ties with Japan, he considered the defence pact was a bridge too far.

In a speech to the Global Foundation in Melbourne on 8 March last year he said that the treaty “may unnecessarily tie our security interests to the vicissitudes of an unknown security policy future in North East Asia”.

Translated - Australia enjoys the advantages of distance from North Asia and it need not buy directly into security problems with bilateral agreements with either China or Japan.

Whilst Rudd will not likley formally abrogate the agreement that Howard signed, as no doubt such an action would cause great loss of face to the 'master race' his government does not own this treasonable treaty and hopefully he will allow it to sink into obscurity.