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Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

icyfroth — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 09:13:45 GMT

Malcolm Turnbull says Australia has no stronger alliance than that with the United States.

The prime minister met with US Vice President Joe Biden in Sydney on Tuesday, just hours after Mr Turnbull's new ministry was sworn in, revealing in a press conference the pair discussed the allied efforts to fight the global threat of terrorism and Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

Mr Biden said it was important to stand together against terrorism and the alliance has been a source of strength for both countries for decades.

'Australian and American troops are working side-by-side in Iraq, as I said, training local partners to lead the fight on the ground, and we're flying missions over Syria, leading the global humanitarian effort,' he said.

On the TPP, now awaiting approval from US Congress, Mr Turnbull said it 'is a great free trade agreement, 40% of the global economy'.

'We know that while there are political obstacles, the eloquence of the vice president and the President, all of the wiles he's developed over so many years in the Congress, all of that political capital is going to be brought to bear to bring the TPP home in the Congress.'

'The Biden touch will deliver the TPP and that will be very important for economic growth in our region,' he said.

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Timed after the Aussie elections to make sure Mr ex Goldman Sachs director Malcom Turnbull was firmly in the Prime Minister's seat.

To drive home the highly unpopular TPP?

A bit of sabre-rattling in the face of the Chinese military expansion in the South China Seas?

Do they need Aussies to help them fight their interminable wars again?

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

lyndal1838 — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 09:50:53 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:

Do they need Aussies to help them fight their interminable wars again?

Yes of course they do....everyone knows one Aussie digger is worth 10 US soldiers.

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

imastawka — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:04:39 GMT

He was Biden his time

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

davidc4430 — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:12:13 GMT

he came to cuddle up to ol malcom baby and whisper in his ear....

just remember whos running this country buddy and all will be well, oh and the usa thinks you should send a few more of your boys over to iraq, get it done ok or else we wont be your friend.

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:28:04 GMT

He came to barrack for the Geelong Cats.......

Biggest problem for the Aussie soldier was his English senior officers.......

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

peteepie — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:27:25 GMT

This is a very important question and I'm apalled by some of the lies spread here.

He barracks for Carlton.

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 22:43:06 GMT

That is a dastardly canard..........I have it on good authority that he bought special seats at Kardinia Park.

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

davidc4430 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:02:02 GMT

i rekon he thought he was at the state of origin that horse race australia is known for, you know the one where they race accross the bridge and around the opera house then end up near that big rock.

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

jds_noise — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 03:53:18 GMT

He's planning to build a mansion on that big rock in the middle of your country so that his feet don't get wet when global warming floods the world.

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

lyndal1838 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 05:13:49 GMT

Good luck with that one....the original inhabitants of Australia might have something to say on that score.

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

lind9650 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 05:31:29 GMT

Mr. Biden, like any other politician, knows that the time for free travel will end on 8th November for him. Government in USA will change that day, so of course he is taking all last minute oportunities to travel the world. Well, at least as far as he can find an explanation for a reason to visit those countries.

Donald Trum or Hillary Clinton will choose their own buddies to travel at taxpayers expense.

Same and more of the same everywhere you look. Big discussions are only excuses and of no value.

I love politicians.

Erica

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

lionrose.7 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 06:44:30 GMT

Joe is in New Zealand now trying to get John Key to let the Americans bring in Nuc War Ships into NZ

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

davidc4430 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 06:51:13 GMT

america is in a global bubble, most of them when asked where australia is think its in europe 'austria'

they still use the old negotiating skills of hundreds of years ago

look i have some shinny baubles, you take the shinny baubles for that old rock?

if that doesnt work they try offering shed loads of money, here you take this money for your rock.

if that doesnt work they form a mining company, tell the govt they have found shiny baubles under that old rock.

now america has the rock with the casino built on top.

lots of shinny baubles in there.

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

lyndal1838 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:58:56 GMT

Well, not all of them but certainly the majority of them think that.

My OH is Canadian but his parents lived and worked in the USA for many years and his late brother's family still live there. Even after a number of visits to Australia over 30 odd years they still had some misconceptions about the country.

The best I ever heard was when a seller kept telling me that the reason my parcel had not arrived was because there were floods in my area. The floods were in Brisbane...I am in Sydney. Things got very heated before my parcel finally arrived...she just would not believe that we were not in any way affected by floods in another state.

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

lionrose.7 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:40:27 GMT

When I went to France every one knew where NZ was, in America i got sick of trying to explain where NZ was.

I was asked a few times if I was Australian 🙂

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

freshwater-2 — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 05:46:28 GMT

I lived and worked in Washington DC for many of my adult years before moving to Ft Lauderdale Florida.

Most Americans thought Australians yodelled and wore lederhosen.

The best decision I ever made was to come home to Australia.

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

fo-trut — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 02:25:50 GMT

Maybe he came to bring shotguns to the women of Australia.

Fire two blasts- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIdKIM2btoA

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

crusader-rabbit48 — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 02:36:38 GMT

@fo-trut wrote:
Maybe he came to bring shotguns to the women of Australia.

Fire two blasts- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIdKIM2btoA

We, the women of Australia, have no need of shotguns.

If I had one I know exactly where I would point it.

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

fo-trut — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 02:40:26 GMT

What about those drones?, gotta have drones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52JVljZW_cw

Re: Why Was Joe Biden In Australia?

crusader-rabbit48 — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 02:42:06 GMT

@fo-trut wrote:
What about those drones?, gotta have drones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52JVljZW_cw

Here in Australia, a drone can also be a very, very, very boring person.