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TOM RIDGE, the US Secretary of Homeland Defense, says his country is more vulnerable to terrorism than most because of "the magnitude of what goes on here". Not even the most fanatic hater of America could deny it magnitude. It is a magnitude that makes good sense of the Howard government's moves towards closer association with the United States. It would have been in Australia's best interests to make this move sixty years ago, in our postwar peak of esteem for and curiosity about America. Australia has travelled down many blind alleys and lost much momentum by not choosing this path when the moment was so right.
Having lived in the USA for a quarter of my adult ...