A little friendship goes a long way
Awkward to say and impossibly flawed; Scott Morrison’s deception should have been reviled by the Opposition in both chambers and the decision reversed by the Australian Labor Party when it came to power. Along with an apology to the French Government and people. Now we’re perceived as a vassal of the Trumpian States of America and have become its milking cow. Another fine mess we’ve gotten ourselves into.
From the brouhaha that erupted when three Chinese warships circumnavigated Australia and fired off a few practice shots, you’d have thought the sky had fallen in, which, in itself, would have been a valuable intel for the PLA. But, as much as some commentators and politicians would have cheered it, the sky didn’t fall in. Although one can’t help but feel Albo may have missed a trick.
Inviting the Chinese flotilla to visit ports along the way would have been the hospitable thing to do. They’d probably have declined the invitation, but the gesture would have defused the situation and thrown the commissars off guard. Of course, the invitation wouldn’t have included the hypothetical nuclear submarine shadowing the armada.
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