Letter

In response to Trump wants us to spend a bomb on defence. We should think twice

Let's think at least three times instead!

Henry Kissinger once said, “To be America’s enemy is dangerous. To be its friend is fatal”.

That is one of the most accurate statements ever made about the US. All this increased defence spending is supposedly so that we can all go to sleep at night in fear and trembling of the imminent invasion by China. The question you have to ask is of the US and China, which is more dangerous to other countries?

In the last 40 years, the US has been involved in dozens of armed conflicts with countries around the planet, while China has been involved in none. And we are thinking of joining forces with the one that appears to be in wars all of the time against one who hasn’t been in four decades. Go figure!

Les Macdonald from Balmain NSW 2041