Letter

In response to Donald Trump and his minions may yet do us a favour in ending AUKUS

Australia is subsidising the dying US empire

With his usual precision, John identifies the pith and substance of the AUKUS fraud imposed upon us by the second-hand car salesman Scott Morrison. That redundant member of the Dodgy Brothers sought to wedge Labor by vastly indebting the Australian people to a US empire in rapid decline which continues its forlorn but dangerous, feckless and capricious attempts to remain relevant.

He frankly didn’t give a rat’s ***e about the cost to ordinary Australians in lost healthcare, education, housing and public transport that would be needed over the next three decades to fund our satrapy to the US in fruitlessly striving to prevent the rise of China, not as a militarily aggressive hegemon, but one focused upon the values of shared prosperity that the US spouted on every occasion, but did everything in its power to prevent occurring around the world.

These subs have no meaningful role in defending Australia as they are attack submarines designed to project power thousands of kilometres from Australian shores. Aligning ourselves to a declining empire that has betrayed most of its “allies” against the rising power of the 21st century makes no sense whatsoever! John sets that out with his usual clarity!!

Les Macdonald from Balmain NSW 2041