The announced agreement between the United States, Britain and Australia for Australia to move to a fleet of US-supplied nuclear submarines will amount to a lock-in of our military equipment and forces with those of the US, with only one underlying objective: the ability to act collectively in any military engagement by the US against China.
This arrangement would witness a further dramatic loss of Australian sovereignty, as materiel dependency on the US would rob Australia of any freedom or choice in any engagement it may deem appropriate.Australia has had great difficulty in running a bunch of locally built conventional submarines. Imagine the difficulty in moving to sophisticated nuclear submarines, their maintenance and operational complexity.
If the US military, with all its might, could not beat a bunch of Taliban rebels with AK-47 rifles in pickup trucks, what chance would it have in a full-blown war against China, not only the biggest state in the world but the commander and occupant of the largest land mass in Asia? When it comes to conflict, particularly among great powers, land beats water every time.It has to be remembered that China is a continental power and the US is a naval power.
There is no doubt about the Liberals: 240 years after we departed from Britain, we are back there with Boris Johnson, trying to find our security in Asia through London. Such is the continual failure of the Liberal Party to have any faith in Australia’s capacity, but, more particularly, its rights to its own independence and freedom of action.
Thanks scoop
we never say no to american invasions.
Isn’t Paul Keating Australian ? Or is he changing to become … one? 🤔🤔🤔
WE ARE ALREADY TIED TO THE US IN ITS INVOLVEMENT AGAINST CHINA
Your welcome. But hey how about sharing some of those rare earth metals with us. Pleeeease😷😁😁😁
Geoff36707259 Australia has become the Deputy dawg of the USA since WW2 and Australia has been in just about every American conflict ever since. IMO we've just signed up for more conflicts
He sounds like he knows more about Foreign policy than some of the punters on here.
They can’t get people vaccinated in 18 months knowing a deadly virus was coming. No hope when an enemy is coming.
Imagine down the track, the US with a maniac of a President who instigates a war with China and we are tied to that military intervention. The maj of Australians disagree with the intervention. Conscription is back because the fellafromdownunder thinks he knows best. FO 😡
Aus PM & his War Secretary Dutton both r Anti-China , which is ok !! but the problem is they neither want nor try to solve this problem by using brains but rather they make the problem worse by beating the war drums without factoring in the consequences for Aus citizens
I remember the time Keating was critical of the East Timor intervention because Indonesia was an important trading partner. He’s a smart dude but foreign policy isn’t his strong suit.
Under this administration I would not hitch your wagon to the US. We’ve become controlled by China, and an unreliable ally.
The zio plan= WW3 the next rothschild bakers WW!
Lesson never learnt ever since the Gallipoli....
Tie to either US or China is a choice of tie between a democratic country and an autocratic country. The choice is obvious! How can PK choose China when China is threatening Australia with so many trade sanctions as well as military threats in South China Sea?!
Did Keating oppose the purchase of US military equipment during his time as Prime Minister ?
Opportunism never sleeps. I never read Keating, he is a superb confidence trickster with a visceral contempt for the electorate . But of course the headline is absolutely accurate.
Yep ,and it’s only happening because Morrison is politically weak. His legacy will be tragic
Cults engagement!
China is not our friend.
Crankie58 As long as it happens in 20 years..
If the US goes toe to toe with China, it'll be a world war, nothing less. All countries will have to take sides.
Sounds like war to me.
Good.
I’d much rather be on the side of US than China he’s lost the plot. Also does he think we can defend ourselves from China without USA? My god he’s really lost his mind
If the region had this focus from the US & allies 10yrs ago would China have annexed the Sth China Sea? No.
Australia getting nuclear powered submarines by 2040 will have zero impact on China becoming the world's dominant super power...
Now that makes sense!
Libs are selling Australia to the Globalists agenda, militarily, technologically, medically!
Sure does
Good.
Also, and I know PJK would be very aware of this, the way the US military would behave in a conflict with China is vastly different to the failed ‘winning hearts and minds’ approach to regime change over the past 40 years
Australia is tied to any US engagement and Paul Keating knows this.
Former PMs should just KEEP OUT OF POLITICS. He had his chances! Wasn't he a 1 term PM? He also shafted Bob Hawke.
Best Prime Minister in my lifetime. But can’t agree with his anti-US, pro-China stance, even though some of the points are valid
A really dumb move. But what would you expect? Morrison has made it his goal to put us at loggerheads with China since he became PM.
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