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What other option do we have?
EU/NATO isn't an option for us, Europe will never ever lift a finger or risk a life for Australia. Despite us going to war to free you twice.
So we're stuck with USA.
You are a commonwealth country. Elect leaders that want to forge ties with the UK ad EU. There are loads of us down there already.
Is Aistralia at enough risk to make it okay to be doing what you are doing for the US? To allow them to interfere with your elections?
No, it isn’t okay and no, at this stage probably not. I’m pretty clear, myself; ivexwanted us to backtrack from being a US base for years.
Their point stands, though; Europe will never lift a finger to aid Australia if there was a military issue. Their Americans already have, which is why we have such a close military bond. It helps to understand how we are as people; if you help us, you’re a mate forever.
Again, the points stand; Europe would never aid us and we’ve aided it twice.
Theyve been interfering since the CIA abducted Harold Holt and got Gough Whitlam removed from office. The damage is long done, and i wish i knew any way at all of fixing it.
The Greens refusing to provide military support to Ukraine, on top of Israeli shitbags slandering them, is really cutting into the only viable anti-US party we have.
Ties mean little if those ties will never result in a defense pact.
Europe won't ever, no matter what, come to help us. France has made it quite clear multiple times, from the De Gaulle era through to today. US originally wanted Australia in NATO, it was De Gaulle who said no.
They say no to everything, they blocked Ireland joining the EU too. They are not all of Europe.
Help with what though, what military issues do you have that are not tied to being in with the US
Don't you guys still have a monarch? Why can't the commonwealth countries come together for mutual benefit?
If nato stays intact, why wouldn't it come to Australians' help?