- 16 Sep 2021 20:32
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When the US did it's freedom of navigation passage through the South China sea, there were a bunch of other countries sailing with them.
I'm not sure, but I thought the Aussies were in there with them.
No, not just subs, I think your intuition is correct, regional tensions are likely to continue growing.
B0ycey wrote:
I haven't said that Australia shouldn't consider all defensive measures. But we have the Five eyes and this new AUKUS group specifically are the three most skeptical Anglo nations against China within that pact in which they haven't consulted New Zealand and Canada. Why? The truth is like Trident, this measure is using US technology and will be a venture in a key geopolitical region and I suspect we will have more US military presence based down under. In other words, there is going to be another Iron Curtain. And if it stays like that, then perhaps there isn't much to worry about given Australia seems to want to move ties away from China and into US markets. They problem is the US and the UK seems to want to sail in contested waters lately and you can be almost sure that these Subs will likely sail within them too because we are that fucking stupid. And if we do these stupid missions under a defensive pact, then we are provoking war, a war nobody wins and as such this is something we should be worried about. What is the actual objective here. Defence or attack. Is it a new NATO, or is it really just about building subs.
When the US did it's freedom of navigation passage through the South China sea, there were a bunch of other countries sailing with them.
I'm not sure, but I thought the Aussies were in there with them.
No, not just subs, I think your intuition is correct, regional tensions are likely to continue growing.
Facts have a well known liberal bias