Letter

In response to The Hegseth directive: Australia spend more

Hegseth's immaturity

“..[Pete] Hegseth was in a fighting mood. ‘America is proud to be back in the Indo-Pacific – and we’re here to stay,’ he stated …”

Hegseth is too young to remember that the US fought an inglorious withdrawal to the 37th parallel in the Korean War, was defeated in the Vietnam War, was humiliated by the Taliban leading to a disastrous retreat from Afghanistan and has interfered in the politics of Iran, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan Taiwan, Korea and now India.

Maybe we will soon hear the cry of the 1950s in the Caribbean – “…Yankee, go home!”

— Peter Gumley from Northern Rivers, NSW