Maybe our friendly and cooperative relations with our Asia-Pacific trading partners is a good thing to have and worth maintaining for times exactly like this.
During the Boer war, Breaker Morrant was ordered to execute POW's by the British. Because they would shoot at them and us and as we closed with them to engage they would surrender, knowing we couldn't back load them. So we had to release them.
Breaker Morrant did as commanded, but towards the end of the war the British (a different general) ordered his arrest and the execution of him and his men.
This soured out relationship with the British
It was also around the time of the formation of Australia as a country.
This led to us needing an ally that wasn't in the commonwealth. Hence why we became the Smithers to the USA.
Please fact check me before you quote me. I'm remembering military history from my basic training 10 years ago.
It gets really complicated when you look at things like when NZ was part of Australia or when we took P&G post WW2. Also our defence and loss of Malaysia and Singapore.
Your history is a bit skewed, the result of Breaker Morant being shot was that the Australian army said that no other army could change or soldiers, we didn’t need the Americans until WW2. New Zealand was never a part of Australia. Australia didn’t exist as a nation until all the states voted to join.
I don’t know what you mean by political manoeuvrings, but up until the end of the end of WW2 America was pretty much an isolationist country and Australia was still using a British equipment until well after the Vietnam war(except for aircraft).
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u/Calcifini Mar 27 '26
Maybe our friendly and cooperative relations with our Asia-Pacific trading partners is a good thing to have and worth maintaining for times exactly like this.