of all. But if you see yourself as defended by America and Japan more than any other country in Asia sees itself as defended, maybe Australia comes second. This is why they're in the Quad. The Quad is India, Japan, Australia, and United States of America. The Quad, it's defense-packed in Asia, gives you some idea of who really, really, really realizes that without America, they're a big trouble. Now, what is America going to demand from Japan? What is it going to demand from Australia? And if it goes in with that really hard demand on Australia, I'm really, really scared at that stage because this is where we were in the 30s. We tried to cut Japan off under the League of Nations. This was something short of war. It was supposed to be a good thing, but it forced the hand of Japan to do something pretty barbaric in that stage. So if the Americans force Australia down this path, the prospect that Xi Jinping has to do something slightly more offensive, it gets very, very high indeed. I (62/99)
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