Jinjirrie 🐈‍⬛✅5d ago
Gareth Evans says #StopAUKUS now - 'For three main reasons: there are huge doubts about its deliverability, its cost to Australia manifestly outweighs its benefits, and its implementation would profoundly limit Australia’s independent sovereign agency.' https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/06/the-case-against-the-aukus-submarine-project/ #auspol
The case against the AUKUS submarine project

In a submission to the public inquiry into AUKUS, former foreign minister Gareth Evans argues the submarine project is not in Australia’s national interest, warning that doubts over delivery, excessive cost and loss of sovereign agency demand an urgent Plan B.

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Much of what #Evans has to say is logically argued and has validity beyond his personal biases due to his unique experiences in politics and foreign affairs. However he is neither a strategic nor a military expert and , imo, he will eat the words he has to say on #China however carefully crafted. I say this for the simple reason that #Xi is just another version of #tRump not matter how you coat it, though a more powerful and disciplined example of the breed. Moreover, the #PRC is a more powerful, a longer lived and a more patient machinery than any #US administration has ever been or is likely to be in the future. China’s long story, aside from a short Western led colonisation period in modern history, has shown this to be true.

This is only my own opinion of course, based on nothing but historical evidence and my limited understanding (with my own biases embedded) of the Chinese people.

Jun 16 at 5:15amWeb