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Re:Julian Assange Is Free by Qwertious on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @05:17AM (#40786239)
Our core military strategy is to suck up to naval superpowers in hopes they'll include us in their own defense strategy. It's sound policy, but it means that ultimately we can't afford to piss them off.
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Re:Julian Assange Is Free by codedokode on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @07:06AM (#40786936)
Why does Australia need help with defence though? I don't remember any country having conflict or issues with Australia, and it is a remote, hard to reach island anyway.
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Re:Julian Assange Is Free by nailer on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @08:02AM (#40787441)
Anywhere in south east Asia is within China’s grasp, In Asia, which is Next Door and closer than New Zealand, strongly dislike Australia due to supporting East Timorese independence.

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Re:Julian Assange Is Free by perilunar on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @09:15AM (#40788207)
> I don't remember any country having conflict or issues with Australia

During WW2 we were bombed by the Japanese.

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Re:Julian Assange Is Free by Wissenschafter on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @11:24AM (#40789826)
Is this comment sarcastic or a joke or something? China...
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Re:Julian Assange Is Free by pydry on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @06:04AM (#40786535)
Yup. It's a bit like the relationship between Belarus and Russia - perhaps even more supplicative.

Aus sent troops to the invasion of Vietnam too. You dont do that unless you badly want to suck up to the US. Even the UK who will do virtually anything else for the US didnt do that.

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Re:Julian Assange Is Free by globalnode on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @06:28AM (#40786683)
oh geez, youre right. cant stop shaking my head. i always knew we were terrible at being independent (we voted to keep the monarchy ffs).
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Re:Julian Assange Is Free by graemep on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @07:06AM (#40786939)
How appropriate you have the same monarch as other countries with the same relationship with the US though. I am British and feel the same about our relationship with the US.
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