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The '''Australian-American War''' was a war fought in the [[Grand Theft Auto III era]] between the [[United States of America]] and [[Australia]]. It is mentioned on [[Lazlow|Lazlow's]] radio show '[[Chatterbox FM]]' when a veteran of the war calls in to talk about how no one cares about the Australian-American War. Lazlow then goes on to mention that he's never heard of it, either. The vet talks about how the Australians equipped boomerangs and kangaroos with explosives. It is unknown who won the war, the Australians or Americans, or even if the war was actually fought, because of the possibility that it was made up in the caller's head. | The '''Australian-American War''' was a war fought in the [[Grand Theft Auto III era]] between the [[United States of America]] and [[Australia]]. It is mentioned on [[Lazlow|Lazlow's]] radio show '[[Chatterbox FM]]' when a veteran of the war calls in to talk about how no one cares about the Australian-American War. Lazlow then goes on to mention that he's never heard of it, either. The vet talks about how the Australians equipped boomerangs and kangaroos with explosives. It is unknown who won the war, the Australians or Americans, or even if the war was actually fought, because of the possibility that it was made up in the caller's head. | ||
==Probability of the War in Real Life== | ==Probability of the War in Real Life== | ||
In real life, the war never happened, and it seems like it will never happen. Australia and the United States have been allied since World War II, and both are part of ANZUS, a treaty between Australia, New Zealand and the United States to police the Pacific Ocean. Both nations were formerly under British colonial rule, with the United State declaring independence in 1776 and winning it in 1783, with Australia slowly gaining independence, starting in 1901 with a constitution, and finally attaining it 1983 with the Australia Act. Australia assisted the United States in the Iraq War in 2003, and the Afghanistan War in 2001. Australia was, and is, one of the United States' strongest allies, and there has never been a threat of war between them. | |||
Although Australia has never even begun leaning Communist, the war is a joke on how the United States and other Western Nations invading and declaring war on nations where Communism was gaining popularity (i.e., Korean War, Vietnam War). | Although Australia has never even begun leaning Communist, the war is a joke on how the United States and other Western Nations invading and declaring war on nations where Communism was gaining popularity (i.e., Korean War, Vietnam War). | ||
Revision as of 16:53, 1 May 2010
The Australian-American War was a war fought in the Grand Theft Auto III era between the United States of America and Australia. It is mentioned on Lazlow's radio show 'Chatterbox FM' when a veteran of the war calls in to talk about how no one cares about the Australian-American War. Lazlow then goes on to mention that he's never heard of it, either. The vet talks about how the Australians equipped boomerangs and kangaroos with explosives. It is unknown who won the war, the Australians or Americans, or even if the war was actually fought, because of the possibility that it was made up in the caller's head.
Probability of the War in Real Life
In real life, the war never happened, and it seems like it will never happen. Australia and the United States have been allied since World War II, and both are part of ANZUS, a treaty between Australia, New Zealand and the United States to police the Pacific Ocean. Both nations were formerly under British colonial rule, with the United State declaring independence in 1776 and winning it in 1783, with Australia slowly gaining independence, starting in 1901 with a constitution, and finally attaining it 1983 with the Australia Act. Australia assisted the United States in the Iraq War in 2003, and the Afghanistan War in 2001. Australia was, and is, one of the United States' strongest allies, and there has never been a threat of war between them.
Although Australia has never even begun leaning Communist, the war is a joke on how the United States and other Western Nations invading and declaring war on nations where Communism was gaining popularity (i.e., Korean War, Vietnam War).
It could also be a joke on how Grand Theft Auto games are received in Australia, as some (although none before GTA III) have been banned in the nation by the Office of Film and Literature Classification, the Australian game raring board, because of 'unwholesome' content.
