there was a lot of coverage of public 'outrage' (and the expressed 'outrage' of various politicians) that after all of the times 'we' have 'supported' US military whatevers the US didn't feel called upon to support 'us' when it didn't seem they had any particular interest
there was, then, much talk about what those cooperative ties meant if in fact the US didn't have to support Australia in this region
woudl it really have happened -- would the threat really have been expressed? more likely that public expression and the pressures it would exert on the Australian govt were conveyed to the US govt
meanwhile ET is the best thing to happen to the Australian armed forces in ages it's wholly disgusting
catheirne
At 10:12 22/09/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I was talking to a journalist who covers Indonesia at a party last
>night. She told me that the Australian government threatened a cutoff
>of military and intelligence cooperation with the U.S. if the U.S.
>didn't agree to an East Timor intervention. Has anyone else heard
>this?
>
>Doug
>