Re:France recalls US and AU ambassadors over sub-deal
by bettem on Saturday September 18, 2021 @07:12PM
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Completely disagree with respect to the media - the cost was the key question from the opposition and this was widely reported on the ABC.
Even the first 5 minutes of this mornings insiders was detailing these questions.
Re:France recalls US and AU ambassadors over sub-deal
by cblconfederate on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:58PM
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This seems more like a US strategic move than an australian one. I m just not sure that AU should be on board with it
In all of this talk of "betraying the French" or "siding with the US", there is not even a mention of the fact Australia is spending towards $100 billion on multiple nuclear submarines.
This for a country that only has 25 million people and a GDP of around $1.4 trillion USD.
Why on earth does Australia need nuclear submarines, and why isn't that money being spent to improve the lives of regular tax paying Australians?
A county of 25 million people that doesn't even have nuclear power (or nuclear weapons) has no need of nuclear submarines, it's an obscene waste of money.