Australia Agrees to US Marine Deployment Plan

Obama has decided to establish military personnel in Australia to combat China's growing influence. China has been rising, and in order to counter that, Obama has decided to deploy 250 US Marines next year, and it will eventually be built up to 2,500. Obama has said that the US was "stepping up its commitment to the entire Asia-Pacific". Earlier in the year, Obama had announced that all U.S. troops were to be removed from Iraq by the end of 2011, but now the US will establish themselves in the opposite direction. Many believe that this is a mistake by Australia, claiming that if they let the US use their military bases, then they will eventually be caught in crossfire. If the US "intrudes on China's core interests" then Luo Yuan, a senior officer at the People Liberation Army's Academy of Military Sciences says that a military conflict would be unavoidable. This is big new to all US citizens, because perhaps the US is one step closer to war with China, or perhaps one step closer from saving the south pacific from China's influence.