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September 19, 2012

Just Say No to America

Brian Rudman, New Zealand Herald

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Turn off the lights. Hide behind the curtains. Pretend we're visiting sick rellies in Sydney. The warlord of the world, Leon Panetta, slips into Auckland sometime this week - the first US Secretary of Defence to visit in 30 years - and he wants something. Of course there's always the remote chance he's seeking a bolt hole of peace and tranquillity to escape to, like those of his fellow countrymen who fled here during the height of the Cold War nuclear bomb madness.

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TAGGED: China, Asia, New Zealand, United States

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