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Australia should reconsider alliance with ‘fiercely unpredictable’ US, former foreign ministers say

https://lemmy.world/post/41527100

Australia should reconsider alliance with ‘fiercely unpredictable’ US, former foreign ministers say - Lemmy.World

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Jan 12 at 7:36pmWeb
Show threadMalReynoldsJan 12

Narrator : But they didn’t.

(or maybe there was a significant shift to Greens)

I just hope we finally say no when Trump tries to drag us into a war.

Show threadblind3rdeyeJan 12
I don’t think Trump is going to ask us to join a war. The idea of Australia will not even enter his mind unless it is directly relevant. For example he will probably think of Australia if he is intending to invade Australia; but aside from that, it would be up to his advisers to remind him that we exist.
Show threadbriskJan 12
Or a Sky News anchor trying to spark conflict
Show threadNo1Jan 12

He’s looking at Greenland supposedly because of their rare earth minerals.

Australia has almost 4x the rare earth minerals of Greenland, and also has the mining infrastructure already in place.

It’s best we keep our heads down.

Rare-Earth Reserves by Country 2026

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Show threadTaleyaJan 13
We’re also not a strategic point between the US and Russia, so that’s another key point why the orange turd is not interested
Show threadeldaviJan 13

the minerals are just the flimsy justification.

the reality is that trump is trying to posture the united states for an anticipated climate change degraded world where a huge majority of commerce and shipping goes through the arctic instead of polynesia or the suez canal.

denmark does not have the capacity to create and maintain a standing navy large enough to counter china’s in the waters around greenland; so the US president in 50-ish years time will force the issue because trump already started it.

Show threadguismoJan 12

They don’t have to drag us. Australia will volunteer to go kill foreigners to keep daddy happy. And then we can add another monument to the towns.

Lest we forget…

Show threadgaloisghostJan 12
The Australian Labor party plan is to stay silent and hope this all blows over. The Australian LNP plan is to loudly join in
Show threadkingofrasJan 12
Give me a second that’s too much to choose from. I need to consider my options.
Show threadhanrahanJan 13

Alas, very much this.

We should have started to move away under Bush, I remember wheb Bush was adrsssibg parliment and they banned Bob Briwn. An elexted Australian Senator, banned from neing in parliament ? That was the last straw for me

The first red flag was the dodgy US shit around Whitlams sackng and US interference, let alone the endless shit fuckery th US has been up to since the 1950s.

Fuck it, Vote Green

Show threadAresUIIJan 14
Make sure your hand doesn’t slip like that at the voting booth ;p
Show threadBrainInABoxJan 13
Same as it ever was, really, when it comes to the US being evil
Show threadIxoidJan 13
As one of her constituents, I’ve emailed Penny Wong twice already to say the same thing. No response.
Show threadFleur_Jan 13
There was a time labor did things like that; the CIA may or may not have had a role in them dropping their independent foreign policy stance.