Opinion | "No ally can now rely on the United States," @keanebernard.bsky.social writes. So why aren't we seeing fresh thinking about Australia's defence priorities?
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Personally, this is no surprise. It's all as horrendous as I was expecting Trump 2.0 to be. But, to be fair to Albo and the Government, it has only been four weeks, and you'd have to imagine they've just been hoping against hope that the US wouldn't u-turn into the Evil Empire -
- the way it is so rapidly becoming, especially with an election looming. I mean, really, how does Albo even begin to pitch this plot twist to the Australian voting public with Trump acolyte Dutton and the Murdoch-press salivating at the opportunities this will present? As awful as it sounds -
- the best chance Labor has of successfully pitching a dramatic turn away from the US Alliance is if Trump and Edolf's destruction of the US we all once knew and mostly-respected, is so unquestioningly appalling, that even most Liberal voters recognize that none of it passes the pub test.
Probably because no one can provide the kit or projection that the Americans can. As unreliable and stupid as they are, it's probably still in our best interests to humour them
And if they refuse to provide what then genius? Not to mention the USA is on the other side of the Earth better off making Alliances with our neighbours and taking a more neutral stance like Indonesia.
Why poke a crazy bull? Trump just wants a fight with anybody to take the heat off domestic issues . We rode him out last time . Fly under the radar . Let the Americans sort him out .
I don’t like US bases for the 7th fleet . Subs will be duds.
Meanwhile back in Aus don’t follow US to any war
Exactly and albo is not the leader for that! The ONLY politicians who have said anything about the coup has been The Greens. I'm not overly endeared to them atm, but we need people willing to tell the truth. Labor and LNP are definitely not it.
And even more importantly we could do two critical things - 1) make ourselves more energy independent by reducing our reliance on imported fuel oil and 2) develop a much closer and better relationship with Indonesia.
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He just picks fights with anybody to take the heat off domestic issues.
Want do you expect Aus to do? Send in a few ships with troops to fight the marauding American invaders . Send some dud subs and fighter jets
Because we are a member of the Commonwealth as is Canada.
I don’t like US bases for the 7th fleet . Subs will be duds.
Meanwhile back in Aus don’t follow US to any war
Americans are crazy.
The war in Ukraine was planned, financed, incited & implemented by the US to weaken Putin
Any analysis that merely blames Putin & ignores US imperialism & NATO’s push east is completely flawed
Marles has identified that there is no Plan B.
Trump won’t be giving any Subs to Australia, he is all America First.
He will use our bases, he will use us.
And he’s not looking for a fight with China .. at all.
It’s not even on his radar.