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Concern Donald Trump's 'eye of Sauron' is eyeing up New Zealand (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Ilovethebomb to c/politics

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We do need to up our defence spending, in my view. Our armed forces, particularly our Navy, are something of an embarrassment.

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[–] Ilovethebomb 2 points 2 weeks ago

We once had a non violent mutiny, essentially a strike, because a bunch of our sailors wanted out of their contracts because they could get twice the pay in the private sector.

Things are only slightly better today.