Why do you think such a defense pact is a bad idea? Both Australia and India have strong, well trained military forces, and India's proximity to China lends the Aussies a certain strategic advantage.

Given India's friendship with/access to Israel's advanced military technology (not to mention the inevitable withdrawal of Tel Aviv from its already waning technology exchanges, at the Trump Administration's insistence, with China) and their good relationship with the United States, the arrangement won't be lost on China. The entire strategic situation will only serve to make Beijing rethink some of the their latest threats and aggressions.

While many focus on Russia and Putin as a potential threat, China has emerged as the number one threat not only to the global economy, but potentially world peace. They are not to be trusted and have more than proven that. Simply put, Beijing seeks dominance of the global economy and if they succeed in fulfilling this ambition, the west will not be treated fairly or well.

I also fail to see where poverty enters the equation -- a defense pact is not an agreement to mingle day-to-day private sector economies.

Thanks Seth for the good reply, lot to discuss there but for now, I just wanted to make my position known on a public forum, and when the outcome is spoken about I will say I was right or wrong all along, because I think historical interpretation is a lot to do with consolidation of previous commitments, this is one such previous commitment I'm making, if it's not public there is no real commitment.

So please consider, what is a fanatic?.
A fanatic is someone who uses words to back up actions, and a crazy fanatic is someone who thinks his estimation is absolute, Morrison is crazy Trump is rational.

Look a North Korea now pushing South Korea around is Trump worried, not at all, and same thing with Iran bombing US base shooting down spy drone, Libya Trump not interested but would like to see Kalifa come out on top, Turkey buying S400, doesn't matter, Afghanistan Taliban wins, all that proves Trump is reasonable, Morrison is not normal.

Will Trump underwrite Modi's territorial claims, I don't think so, Modi probably represents a few hundred incarnations so why shouldn't he be wh**ever he wants as long as there is a few hundred million Shudras (lower caste Indians) Willing to offer their lives for the clown, Indian law prohibits the segregation of society into castes but only 10 % of Indian marriages have taken place outside of the caste system, that's what India is, and it's not because the lower castes keep it that way, but on the other hand the Brahmans make bad soldiers that's why Ghandi won he sold them down the river, this mug is in for a big surprise and I hope he takes Morrison into a few of his future incarnations.

If dec**pling from China Russia Pakistan and Iran is possible that's one thing, why Australia should be the leader is something entirely different, Divine intervention is the only thing it possibly could be, Morrison's mind has been colonised by the Devil.

India will back down Australia will be left high and dry, God is in control, Morrison is a toffy nosed British Imperialist who cares nothing about the Country, probably neither does God and can you blame Him, I don't think so.

Some might argue differently, but turning points are always close, Trump's not going for protectionism, he wants the US and Britain to lead the EU and Australia to seperate from Russian resources and Chinese Belt and Road, that's just politics, how does that effect Religion or is Religion effecting politics, I think God is behind it so does nearly all agnostics.

That's funny how come agnostics believe in God, - answer- everyone does when their standing on a high cliff looking down.

All Jews are agnostics and they don't want to break with China and Russia, Australia they don't care about, because they have Misery Guts Morrison on the job, Black L***s M****r but b****s have very little to do with Theology which I don't think can end in a cliffhanger 2020, someone's going to fall.

Yep,! Didn't want too, the Dems were just not interested, when Obama gave Iran a get out of jail card the West expected moderate President Hassan Rouhani who took office 2013 to lead Iran over to Obama's visions for the Middle East, after all Ahmadinejad 2005 -2013 was much more Iranian centric.

JCPOA signed mid 2015, come late 2016 it was still understood in the West Iran wasn't the problem, Belt and Road was, but Iran was the new Middle East power threatoning Obama's Pivot to the Pacific was a waste of time.

Now they think Trump is, so the New Global Order is either China/Russia centric or the world decouples with Trump. Step up to the bar and name your poison, personally I don't drink.