Same old, same old

In relation to our article Waking up to a new world order: How America’s casual betrayals threaten AUKUS

Hans Rijsdijk, Albion Park Rail, Mar 10, 2025

Unfortunately, there isn’t much good to be said about the current state of the US and certainly not AUKUS.

So what is the answer to this? According to this letter? Go back to the “mother country”! As if Europe, let alone Britain, has anything to offer for Australia’s defence. After their clear deceit of the Russians following the Minsk accords, the Europeans in their paranoia can’t seem to bring themselves to try and make peace with Russia, but to prepare for another war. I would say they are in no position to offer others advice on defence.

Like Paul Keating once said, our security should be within Asia, not from Asia. But it seems that it is better to cuddle up to a country that is perpetually at war, rather than to get closer to a country that hasn’t been in a war since 1945 and is about to become the largest economy in the world.

The old Sinophobia simply refuses to die (and, of course, is continuously fuelled by the right-wing press and politicians). There seems to be no one who can see this future in Asia. Australia: great country, small minds.