ANZUS treaty explained

[bob10]

In a nutshell, Bob


Fact check: Does ANZUS commit the US to come to Australia's aid, as Foreign Minister Julie Bishop claims? - Fact Check - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-08/does-anzus-commit-us-to-come-to-australias-aid-fact-check/5559288)

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Not so much as explained, rather they've revealed that the Ozzie public has been living under a false understanding for sixty odd years.

[windsock]

Kissinger is recorded to have said "America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests."

[bob10]

Not so much as explained, rather they've revealed that the Ozzie public has been living under a false understanding for sixty odd years.


That's very kind, most would say sucking up. Bob

[85 county]

Love the Aussie version of events.

"New Zealand effectively withdrew (https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/anzus) from ANZUS in the mid-1980s after a dispute (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1295&dat=19850928&id=e-FHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zo0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2502,7142644) over visits by nuclear powered or armed US Navy vessels. But while New Zealand is no longer allied to the United States, the ANZUS treaty remains in effect between Australia and the United States and Australia and New Zealand"

if i recall, Australia NZ out of ANZUS on behalf of the Yanks.