Anti War StaNZ

New Zealand, the nice guys of the Western World. So nice, their army had traditionlly existed to help fight other peoples fights in much the same way you might stick up for a troublesome relative who always starts a scrap in the High Street. You don't want to help, you don't agree with your relative or their tactics and you know you are going to get a pasting, but you are obliged, LOYAL like Dave Dobbyn.

This has has been going on since Gallipoli. Nowadays alllies get to choose their role so New Zealand helps civilians in war- zones, supports UN misions and generally mops up after it's messy aggressive cousins, in the name of loyalty.

It is time for NZ to get real, if anyone was capable of invading this remote outpost of ex-colonial capitalism they would be equipped to deal to the NZA brutally and effectively. Who is New Zealand going to start a war against...Indonesia, Japan, China, New Caledonia? There is an obvious answer; Go neutral, it never harmed either Sweden or Switzerland, quite the contrary. Convert the army to rangers and the Navy (Both Ships) into a working coastguard, saving recreational yachtsmen and chasing Japanese Whaling ships. Protect the lives and environment of New Zealand itself, while the new neutrality improves opportunities for economy without subordinating to unfair trade agreements, foisted upon it by it's disreputable cousins to their distinct advantage.

Here endeth the rant...

(Anti-War StaNZ - Original Collage by the Reverend 2004)