U.S. Marines Begin Operations in Northern Australia
Submitted on April 15, 2012
By James Cogan - 14 April 2012
Since World War II, Australian imperialism has relied heavily on US backing to assert its strategic and economic interests internationally and within the Asia-Pacific region. In return, Australian governments have supported US foreign policy and sent troops to fight and die in successive US neo-colonial wars, from Korea and Vietnam to Afghanistan and Iraq...Under [the Labor Government of Julia] Gillard, Australia is embroiled in the Obama administration’s escalating diplomatic and strategic confrontation with China.
