.... but let's just say, with 4.2 million people I don't think we can really AFFORD to be involved in that coalition of the willing... and we weren't. We were heavily against anything like that and still are. Means our relations with the US aren't the greatest - we don't tolerate nuclear power or weapondry either so the US warships can't come visit us - but we're loosely friends with the USA
I mean, hell - we just about can't afford to defend ourselves let alone get involved in other country's conflicts: our petrol is now $2.12 a
litre for 91 octane (multiply that by about 4 to get a US gallon...! don't even start thinking about 96 octane... ) - how much support do ya think the average Kiwi can generate when paying for that? We don't even own an AIR FORCE any longer!! Well: not entirely true... a few air force bases, a few whirly-birds (helicopters), a whole stack of Sky Hawks mothballed and wrapped up in plastic waiting to some other country to buy them.... Yeah.. that makes an Air force, right ?
Having said that: Kiwis tend to be quite worldly, a result of our isolation and being big travellers... Who said a Kiwi can't fly? We also don't generate as much news nationally as the rest of the world so we get a lot of world news here - TV stations have to do something to fill up a news hour, right? We hear about the US elections a lot and we all followed the Obama vs Clinton "race" and there was debate on our talk-back radio shows and articles in our newspapers about the Senators. We have CNN here on Satellite TV so we'll follow your elections closely and with much interest later this year.
I could answer just about all of those questions given by the reporter, except the expression "collateral damage" is not an often-used expression over here so that had me scratching my head a bit
And I loved that the reporter used a fake map showing Korea and Iran where Australia actually is... good one, mate! We always thought you Aussies were suspect :P
Kia kaha (stand tall, be strong),
Jenny.
Wellington, New Zealand.
P.S: I refer to myself as a Kiwi. A Kiwi is a bird - our national bird. The furry fruit with the sweet green or yellow inside is a kiwi
fruit I have to think twice when watching an American program where they talk about eating kiwis!!!! It gets me wondering where the true axis of evil is
