“Australia willing to consider joining #PeaceKeeping effort in #Ukraine: ‘It is the right thing to do and it is in Australia’s #NationalInterest. Because what happens in the #EuroAtlantic has serious implications for our region – the #IndoPacific – and vice versa.

This is a #struggle not just for the people of Ukraine & their #NationalSovereignty. This is a struggle for the International #RuleOfLaw.

President #Putin’s regime has imperialist designs, for Ukraine and beyond.’ — #AnthonyAbanese

OR

Vote for me, stuff the consequences. I want a forever war to stay elected, make money. Don’t talk about houses, hospitals and energy with the public.

#Straya / #Australia / #War / #ForeverWar <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/16/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-ukraine-election-cost-of-living-peter-dutton-women-weather-sydney-heatwave-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67d5f3a48f088880f385b00d#block-67d5f3a48f088880f385b00d>

I knew there'd be a step before! Most of the news makes it sound like #China are firing warning shots near #Australia out of nowhere for no reason.

I knew it wasn't out of nowhere!!!

So now I've find the step before: the navies of #Straya and #Aotearoa went on a little date together through the #TaiwanStrait (translation #Australia and #NewZealand sent two naval vessels through the Taiwan Strait) and that's why China's navy is now posturing near us. But WHY??? What the bloody hell was the point of that!? Apparently we were escalating China's trolling us in the #SouthChinaSea

Are the #Aussie military just blatantly baiting China to make China do something in response, so that then the #ADF can justify spending more of Australia's money on U.S.American weapons and have an excuse for following the goddamn yanks in to more long stupid pointless immoral imperial quagmires? #ForeverWar

I'm somewhat in favour of Australian supporting our neighbours in the #SouthChinaSea but FFS stick a great big "not our problem" sticker on #Taiwan !

Taiwan have the same population as Australia and the same GDP, but Taiwan spend half as much on their military as we do. And our lavish #yanklapdog force is increasingly aimed at a war in the goddamn North Pacific.

If Taiwan get attacked we should help refugees and give humanitarian aid. Democracy is nice but if we feel so strongly about #democracy we are LONG over due to dump the USA. Two political parties and zero chance for anyone else doesn't even do a plausible impersonation of a democracy!

If our navy want to do some self destructive political posturing we should go hang out for a bit in the Eastern Mediterranean, or maybe we could do something bloody constructive for a change and bring some food and medical supplies to Gaza ? "Sorry, this heavily armed ship was needed for the rough neighborhood, can we drop off this shipment of essential food and medical supplies?

I wish my country wasn't so embarrassing, but I suppose it could be a lot worse.

Where I heard about the step before https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/politics-now/what-is-china-doing-australia/104997576 #abcnews #abcaustralia #auspol #auspol2025 via https://open.spotify.com/episode/39coZKJVzs87LjCTXOaXcd?si=99-NlurxSxSAzffP8oj_4A #spotify

cc @kmpiw@mastodon.social @WesternPacific

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The people who lie about every war have been lying again...”

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