Robowar

March 10, 2026

Re Donald Rothwell’s article: Rubio said that the US launched an armed attack on Iran because Israel was going to. After Penny Wong’s initial hosedown, we find Australian sailors embedded in a US submarine, and our military in Bahrain involved. They are committed to Trump and Hegseth-rules war without any say from us, because (Richard Marles) we weren’t warned in advance. So we couldn’t say no. The submarine sinks an Iranian vessel inside Sri Lanka’s EEZ, communications with the submarine going through Harold Holt station at Exmouth, WA run by our government’s CASG. Not even the murder of 160 schoolgirls in Minab, Iran, causes Australia to pull out or back a ceasefire. The PM spouts probable furphies about nuclear WMD in Iran, channelling John Howard about Iraq. Unlike in the US Congress, there is no urgent parliamentary discussion of whether we should continue the war. We are now war combatants with no say in it. The third Gulf War, in an area that for the PM varies in far-away-ness, has made us less secure, and will reduce “soco” here. US military people are embedded in our defence structure who have to answer to an erratic leader. War powers reform please!