Re:France recalls US and AU ambassadors over sub-deal
by drevil-v2 on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:22PM
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You are conflating actions of different governments over decades into one singular action.
The world has changed a lot and if the government of the day feels it needs to alter a $90 billion purchase (which was initially $40 billion by the way before cost overruns) to better protect their citizens then it is their right as elected officials.
Also don't focus on the PR sideshow of the submarines, this is about the alliance itself.
Re:France recalls US and AU ambassadors over sub-deal
by drevil-v2 on Saturday September 18, 2021 @09:51PM
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It was Turnbull government that did the deal with France; since then the Liberal party has had a change of leadership and there has been a national election.
The world has changed a lot and if the government of the day feels it needs to alter a $90 billion purchase (which was initially $40 billion by the way before cost overruns) to better protect their citizens then it is their right as elected officials.
Also don't focus on the PR sideshow of the submarines, this is about the alliance itself.