TALK ABOUT NOT KNOWING WHICH SIDE YOUR BREAD IS BUTTERED ON:

China article triggers spat (Mark Dodd, May 14, 2007, The Australian)

FOREIGN Minister Alexander Downer has branded "foolish and irresponsible" remarks by Labor foreign affairs spokesman Robert McClelland supporting a closer relationship with China at the expense of the US alliance.

Mr McClelland issued a statement yesterday describing the article in a Melbourne newspaper as "a completely misleading representation of my discussions with the journalist".

But Mr McClelland's remarks on the future of the US alliance underline the weakness of Labor's commitment to it, Mr Downer said.

Anglo, not Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 13, 2007 7:10 PM