Thank you sir. You are absolutely right in your assessment.
Instead of seeing my post as a put-down of Australia which it was not, people should have realized that I was asking for information. The main point of my post was that people making such posts should give more background for people like me. I did not even know that Australians considered conservatism important. Why not just educate me instead of trashing me? That is one of the reasons I come to FR. Telling me to google for the information is to miss the point - why even come to FR, one can just spend time googling. We want to talk to other conservatives and get their opinions which is why we come to FR.
I am willing to support conservatives everywhere, whether the country is an ally or not. Just because some country is under the rule of the left does not mean the conservatives in those countries do not deserve our support.
I guess a few of us (me included) assumed that it was common knowledge here that Australia,although sparsely populated,is a steadfast and vital believer in,and defender of,Western values: peace...freedom...fairness.
Unlike you,perhaps,I'm a bit of a political junkie and have been for years.I also have some up-close-and-personal experience with the country (several visits..a failed attempt to get permission to live there) so it's possible that I know a bit more about the country than many of us.And naturalman *is* correct to point out that Oz doesn't get a lot of press here...apart from Crocodile Dundee and Steve Irwin.
I thought that you might have been a troll or an "America first...*all* other countries be damned" types.Can't speak for anyone else.