#Aotearoa asks #US to send #FuelTankers to #Pacific to alleviate pressure caused by #IranWar.
#WinstonPeters, New Zealand’s foreign minister, met the US secretary of state, #MarcoRubio, in #Washington on Tuesday, where they discussed bilateral relations, the war in Iran and the Pacific.
After the meeting, Peters said he had made sure the US understood the “significant economic impacts on New Zealand and Pacific arising from the war”. #NZpol #auspol #TrumpRegime #USPol
This is what real political leadership looks like. Take a stand based on principles and well-considered evidence, and stick to it.
The position outlined by both #ChristopherLuxon and #WinstonPeters when it comes to Iran is, by contrast, vague, evasive, and cowardly.
““Oman’s view is that the military attacks against Iran by the United States and Israel are illegal and that for as long as they continue to pursue hostilities, those states that launched this war are in breach of international law,” [Oman’s Foreign Minister] said.”
So... #winstonPeters didn't get the outcome he wanted from the latest covid inquiry and is now wanting a new one into vax injuries?
While this story is a couple of weeks old, it's worth a quick mention for the headline which reads:
"NZ Parliament announces it will no longer post on X"
Unfortunately it doesn't mean that our MPs have suddenly grown consciences. The decision was made by the Clerk of the House, Mr David Wilson.
Wilson stopped posting on Xitter because of "the way X’s AI chatbot Grok can be used to generate deepfake nudes and child exploitation material..."
Unsurprisingly Winston Peters finds himself on the wrong side of history, again, bravely stating "This is how freedoms are lost."
If Peters is defending the 'freedom' to produce deepfakes and child sexual exploitation images on a global scale, he's more doolally than we thought.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360941546/nz-parliament-announces-it-will-no-longer-post-x
"Now what happens to Winston Peters doesn't matter. But what happens to the people does."
#WinstonPeters, Juggernaut 2, ep 2, 2025
https://thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/juggernaut
It's hard to believe now given the smiling crocodile he's become. Political principles up for auction, doing whatever is best for Winston Peters and bugger anyone else. I think at the time he really meant this.
His corruption is perhaps the saddest political story of NZ corporatism.
“When you accuse others of being the Stasi
but hold your own Politburo meetings in secret…
The hypocrisy writes itself, Comrade.”
John 
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