Letter
Australia's awful unnecessary US dependence
I’m 87 yrs old, Sydney born, now a Canberran. Re world affairs, I cannot overstate my disgust at the sycophantic Australian support (by both ALP and Coalition) for the US / Israeli invasion of Iran. The Netanyahu intent (US backed) seems to be the conversion of the entire Arab region, including Iran, into Israeli / US military dependency.
Aus is a Southern continent, geographically remote from Arabia – so why is Albo so desperate to please the US by giving the US and Britain billions of non-refundable Aus $ ? Has our current crop of political “leaders” been quietly reminded of what happens to those who resist US pressure ? Whitlam attempted to give Aus some international independence. His reward – the sack.
Where today are the Whitlamesque Aus pollies ? Are today’s crop silent, fearful such thinking will again bring US retribution ?
Also, are we being quietly reminded of what happened to the Kennedy brothers ?
Aus has surrendered its sovereignty and territory – we’ll automatically be drawn by the US into military conflict with its next enemy China, a major Aus trading partner.
Our future, and that of the world – who knows ?
— Vincent Patulny from Canberra