`  Corrected a couple of things: Social welfare policies most certainly don't ``mostly date to the 1980s``. It's difficult to tie them to any perticular decade.   There is not ``broad bipartisan support`` for the US alliance. There is broad support, yes, but also a long tradition of opposition. And the UK ties go back further and are still, perhaps, deeper. Then there is the trend to see Australia as part of Asia. And so on. This stuff should go back in, but suitably modified to reflect the actual mix of support - a task I don't feel like taking on tonight. Anyone game? `