Mastodawn

'That is what Australians are living through now, while paying, materially, for a strategic order built on American arrogance, Israeli impunity, and Australian cowardice.'

https://michaelwest.com.au/the-iran-war-and-the-price-of-albaneses-complicity/ #BDS #Israel #USFascism #auspol

The Iran war and the price of Albanese's complicity - Michael West

Amid Trump's delusional speech and Albanese's denial of responsibility, the Iran war continues at the huge cost of lives and livelihoods.

Michael West

ForestWombat Mar 29

Old_IT_geek I voted Yes Mar 29

I drove a pair of Liberal voters out to Murrumbateman recently to do a bit of grape picking. 60 klm in total.
They offered to pay for fuel, but neither had the 60c in cash for the electricity!
#auspol

ForestWombat Mar 27

The Hard Times – Punk News Comin’ Your Way!Mar 25

Israel Sends 1000 American Paratroopers to Iran

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://thehardtimes.net/breaking/israel-sends-1000-american-paratroopers-to-iran/

ForestWombat Mar 26

Mohamed Dosou | محمد دوسو Mar 26

A Gulf billionaire breaks the silence.

Khalaf Al Habtoor publicly challenged Trump: “Who gave you the authority?” - exposing a deeper truth about power, protection, and betrayal in the Middle East.

This isn’t just a letter. It’s a reckoning.

2. https://substack.com/@mohameddosou/note/p-192158279?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=57l9m0

#iran #America #Israel #USA #UAE

The Billionaire Who Questioned Trump: Khalaf Al Habtoor's Open Letter and the Gulf's Reckoning

ForestWombat Mar 21

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John Smith Mar 21

@MsDropbear42 I thought Albanese's booing out of the Lakemba Mosque was a fair representation of how a lot of Australians are feeling about him at the moment. Whether it be his support for Israel despite their ongoing crimes, his environmental vandalism, his failure to act on poverty in Australia, his anti democratic authoritarianism silencing critics, his secrecy clamp down, including his lack of protection for whistle blowers, the pathetic anti corruption commission, his appalling treatment of asylum seekers, his abandonment of the women and children stuck in Syria, etc. etc. The list of Albanese's failures is long and I'd enthusiastically boo him too.
#auspol

ForestWombat Mar 19

Kent Parkstreet Mar 19

Australian PM Albanese leapt, apparently without thought, to vocally support the US bombing Iran. A 63 year old, in politics, who has witnessed US wars even more closely than most. He should have known better.

The US has since shat on Australia for not having ships ready to sail around the world to do the impossible.

Albanese is now calling for an end to this war.

Dude needs to learn to say nothing when he lacks the courage to say the right thing.

#AusPol

ForestWombat Mar 13

Andrew Jennings Mar 13

In the Australian media, again, Laura is a lone voice. The US is losing this war. #auspol #Iran https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-14/united-states-iran-war-donald-trump-middle-east-strategy/106436200?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

The US is no longer directing the war against Iran

If there ever was a strategy behind Donald Trump's decision to blow up the Middle East, it is lying in tatters as the second week of the Iran war draws to a close.

ForestWombat Mar 11

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Bot4Sale Mar 11

@earthmothering9 We could have been insulated (to a large degree) from the current oil situation had EV's not been demonised by captured fuckwit politicans.

#auspol

ForestWombat Mar 11

Matt Godden Mar 11

Did you all have #AlboPM tagged as having his ultimate life ambition be The John Howard We Have At Home? #AusPol

ForestWombat Mar 11

Independent Media Australia.Mar 11

Going for the jugular – the energy shock is coming https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/going-for-the-jugular-the-energy-shock-is-coming #Auspol

Going for the jugular – the energy shock is coming

The Strait of Hormuz carries the lifeblood of the global economy – and war with Iran risks turning a geopolitical conflict into a worldwide economic shock.

Pearls and Irritations