A Familiar Question For Australians Is How

The Great Curse Of Modern Political Life Is Incrementalism.

You Know, In The Wikileaks Cables, The Chinese Discovered That Kevin Rudd Was Urging The Americans To Keep The Military Option Open Against Them. This Is Hardly A Friendly Gesture.

If One Takes Pride In One's Craft, You Won't Let A Good Thing Die. Risking It Through Not Pushing Hard Enough Is Not A Humility.

One Tires Of Combat, Although I Can Still Throw A Punch, You Know.

I've Always Held The View That Great States Need Strategic Space. I Mean, George Washington Took His Space From George Iii. Britain Took It From Just About Everybody. Russia Took All Of Eastern Europe. Germany's Taken It From Everywhere They Can, And China Will Want Its Space Too.