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• Our reputation in the region. Very few of the countries in our region have been supportive of the Western sanctions and other actions against Russia. We could, in the increasingly likely outcome that Russia “wins” this conflict, find our-selves an outlier isolated in our region.
• The potential rise of far-right extremism in Australia.
Virtually every major Western media organisation and human rights group had reported on the influence and pow-er of Neo Nazis in Ukraine prior to the commencement of the war. Marise Payne as Foreign Minister even cancelled a former Australian soldier’s passport as he was planning to fight with the “notoriously Neo Nazi” Azov Battalion. We are
now warned of the growing threat of far-right extremism in Australia whilst ignoring that we are supporting a country with a widely known problem with this ideology. Perhaps there is a link between our unquestioning support to Ukraine and
this growing threat?
For Australians for War Powers Reform, the demand that the Parliament should vote on the deployment of Australian troops should remain as our number one priority.
However, it is also clear that a legislated requirement for a parliamentary vote on armed overseas conflict is insufficient.
As Australia’s involvement in the Ukraine proxy war demonstrates, current proposals for war powers reform do not cover circumstances where Australia can become party to a conflict without the physical deployment of troops in a conflict zone.
Proxy wars can be a slippery slope towards real war and as described above can have significant negative consequences. Involvement in any overseas conflict, whether directly or indirectly, is too important to be left to the whim of executive government. With there being no debate, or vote, in the Parliament on the potential consequences of Australia being a party to the current proxy war, we have sleepwalked into another disastrous conflict. It is time for Australia to do better!
Published in Pearls and Irritations 10 April 2023."
11 months ago @ http://www.information... - The Single Dumbest Thi... · 0 replies · +4 points
With Respect: Dear Senator Wong,
The Australian Government has made all Australians to be partners with the U.S., a Nation responsible for many unjust political and military interventions against many other Nations; A Nation that has some 850 military bases around the Earth; A Nation that has published intentions, "To War against China once Russia has been weakened"The war in Ukraine, engineered by the U.S. is meant"To Weaken Russia": this is their published intention.
Much is written about "The Force posture" agreement, However, one concomitant aspect is totally overlooked; In order to keep faith with U.S. instruction The Australian Government will be forced to enlarge all of our Military establishments, in order to "defend"? ourselves against China. Australia is now a forward supply and communications base, with U.S. autonomous Bases, over which Australia has no jurisdiction or Sovereignty. Make no mistake, the U.S. fully intends this War with China, when it starts, Australia will be a legitimate target. The Australian Government has stepped up its advertising to increase Military personnel, this will fail, so within two years from now the Australian Government will be obliged to Legislate for urgent conscriptions and call ups. In other words Australian sons and daughters must be trained to kill or be killed, there is no sugar coating for this. China is not threatening war against any-one why must we fight because the U.S. is doing so?
Why waste such large sums of money, whilst the Australian population has dire need of health care, education and training, and yes, housing too. Have we taken leave of our sensibilities?
Looking forward to your reply, with warm regards. Thomas W. Adams.
11 months ago @ http://www.information... - John Pilger on the com... · 0 replies · +5 points
With Respect: Dear Senator Wong,
The Australian Government has made all Australians to be partners with the U.S., a Nation responsible for many unjust political and military interventions against many other Nations; A Nation that has some 850 military bases around the Earth; A Nation that has published intentions, "To War against China once Russia has been weakened"The war in Ukraine, engineered by the U.S. is meant"To Weaken Russia": this is their published intention.
Much is written about "The Force posture" agreement, However, one concomitant aspect is totally overlooked; In order to keep faith with U.S. instruction The Australian Government will be forced to enlarge all of our Military establishments, in order to "defend"? ourselves against China. Australia is now a forward supply and communications base, with U.S. autonomous Bases, over which Australia has no jurisdiction or Sovereignty. Make no mistake, the U.S. fully intends this War with China, when it starts, Australia will be a legitimate target. The Australian Government has stepped up its advertising to increase Military personnel, this will fail, so within two years from now the Australian Government will be obliged to Legislate for urgent conscriptions and call ups. In other words Australian sons and daughters must be trained to kill or be killed, there is no sugar coating for this. China is not threatening war against any-one why must we fight because the U.S. is doing so?
Why waste such large sums of money, whilst the Australian population has dire need of health care, education and training, and yes, housing too. Have we taken leave of our sensibilities?
Looking forward to your reply, with warm regards. Thomas W. Adams.
12 months ago @ http://www.information... - “Freedom of Reli... · 0 replies · +5 points
Indeed and in fact, that is what the occupier has been doing, with remarkable success, and backing from the U.S.. If you doubt this statement, may I request that you advise which Middle East Nations are able, or willing, to offer any resistance to the occupiers, and their horrendous, unprovoked, undeserved, treatment of the Palestinian Nation, the Peoples and their lands.