if it wasnt for the US we would be run by the Japanese now...
there was a time when Washington knew who the PM of NZ was and play golf together...
now the US doesnt even know who the AUS PM is... some fellow...
the least they could do was give NZ and old sub to practise with...
or better to buy a new german local costal electric one to play with in Auckland harbour...
its official NZ is now been given the responsibility of look after the local south seas islands and thats it...
While the big boys including the UK play with there big toys... NZ may have won the America cup but that toy boats.
As Winston Churchill said you cant negotiate when you head is in the jaws of the Tiger.
And NZ has it head firmly in the Jaws of the China Tiger and our Allies know it...arh friends who want to rescue NZ but cant just yet...