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#AUKUS

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Cloudslave

With any luck, the misbegotten AUKUS agreement is on shaky ground with both Australia's partners, USA and UK, reviewing it. Labor continued with this secretive Scott Morrison boondoggle only because it feared triggering a Murdoch/LNP tsunami of fearmongering about Labor being 'weak on defence' at a time when polls showed them to be in reach of another election victory. But electoral fortunes have now changed and the tide of opinion is turning against the AUKUS caucus, just as Albanese seems to be growing a spine. His sanctions against the worst Israeli politicians show he is willing to stand up to the political right and Trump, both of whom fully support the genocide in Gaza. He has also resisted USA's pressure to spend 3.5% of GDP on defence saying we will make our own decisions thank you very much. Dumping AUKUS is the obvious next move. The hundreds of billions it would cost can be far better spent on modern defensive systems rather than this blind adherence to the foundering USA, the world's latest failed state. #auspol, #AUKUS

'Get raucus, Dump AUKUS'. Australia can easily defend itself.
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Devorppa

News that the #USA is undertaking a review of #AUKUS has drawn out former Prime Minister Paul #Keating to say what we all know:

‘The Albanese government had the chance to undertake a review in its own terms when first elected to office in May 2022, but denied itself the opportunity for fear of being seen as dodgy on the alliance. Now President Trump’s Pentagon, as it is entitled to do, is subjecting the deal to the kind of scrutiny that should have been applied to AUKUS in the first instance.

The review makes clear that America keeps its national interests uppermost. But the concomitant question is: why has Australia failed to do the same?

In any case, the calling of the Pentagon review should be the catalyst for the government to get on with the job of forging a relevant, distinctly Australian path for the country’s national security, rather than being dragged along on the coat tails of a fading Atlantic empire.’

We all knew we would never see those #submarines and we should never have betrayed the #French

#Auspol
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John :au: :60: :05: :12: :GP:

#PaulKeating says the #AUKUS review by the #US “might very well be the moment Washington saves #Australia from itself.”

In a strongly worded statement, Keating says the review should save Australia “from the most poorly conceived defence procurement program ever adopted by an Australian government”.

#auspol #USPol #outdatedSubs we’ll never see or need.

theguardian.com/australia-news

the Guardian · News live: Keating says US Aukus review may ‘save Australia from itself’ as Taylor warns of ‘heavy price’ if deal failsFollow live
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Sheepie

Expect newscorp and 9fairfax to be filled the next few days with op-eds talking about how good Virginia Class subs are. As though that's got a single thing to do with what people who hate this deal are arguing.

Nobody's criticising the subs, only the deal we're making to get them. #AUKUS

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