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0 pointsdamsalor1y ago0 comments

Aus can hardly antagonize us/uk

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iamtedd1y ago

Don't help our own citizens in trouble, in case we offend a foreign country?

2a0c401y ago

Depends on the foreign country. It's the US, so yes.

onethought1y ago

Just go look up former prime minister Julia Gillard address US congress.

I cringe every time I rewatch.

(Then again thanks to Wikileaks we now know US were “assessing” whether Gillard would be a good replacement to Rudd a year before it all happened… so I guess that made her a fan!

Qwertious1y ago

Our core military strategy is to suck up to naval superpowers in hopes they'll include us in their own defense strategy. It's sound policy, but it means that ultimately we can't afford to piss them off.

pydry1y ago

Yup. It's a bit like the relationship between Belarus and Russia - perhaps even more supplicative.

Aus sent troops to the invasion of Vietnam too. You dont do that unless you badly want to suck up to the US. Even the UK who will do virtually anything else for the US didnt do that.

globalnode1y ago

oh geez, youre right. cant stop shaking my head. i always knew we were terrible at being independent (we voted to keep the monarchy ffs).

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codedokode1y ago

Why does Australia need help with defence though? I don't remember any country having conflict or issues with Australia, and it is a remote, hard to reach island anyway.

nailer1y ago

Anywhere in south east Asia is within China’s grasp, In Asia, which is Next Door and closer than New Zealand, strongly dislike Australia due to supporting East Timorese independence.

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perilunar1y ago

> I don't remember any country having conflict or issues with Australia

During WW2 we were bombed by the Japanese.

Wissenschafter1y ago

Is this comment sarcastic or a joke or something? China...

coldtea1y ago

It's not just a foreign country, it's their boss.

m0llusk1y ago

Australia is a long time critical ally of the US that has accumulated significant political and social capital and can expect any requests to be considered seriously.

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