Some of us, those who value democracy and freedom, are very happy to have US forces garrisoned here.

Thanks to successive governments, Australia cannot defend itself.

We already have 2,500 US military personnel in Australia; and the more the merrier. All around the entire coast, if possible.

We should be thankful that the US still sticks with us, given Albanese's refusal to send a ship to the Red Sea as requested by our most important, possibly only, ally.

“Servile”? When you are as weak as Australia is, you don't have much choice if you want to survive.

And, where do you think the nuclear waste from Lucas Heights is stored, numbnuts

Binroy would probably be smiling with glee and delight if the Chinese had a garrison there instead.

[Remember the battle of the Coral Sea and the blood debt that can never be repaid that we owe the Yanks along with our present security!]

Binroy's (shite stirring) anti-American views are well known, as are the reasons, which few if any Australian shares!

If you like the slit eyes so much? why don't you go live with them?

Your kind of unpatriotic views are offensive in the extreme.

So, shove them where the sun doesn't shine and bugger off why doncha.
Alan B.

Poor Al: unable to distinguish between a reliable alliance and a Cartel of incompetent fools!

Seems to me that it is desirable for Australia to have nuclear powered submarines so if it becomes expedient to, they could stay away from ports for a long time with no need for regular refuelling. Also, especially considering the large uranium reserves in Australia, is about time we built up our own nuclear industry for electricity generation especially. These nuclear powered subs should be a start towards gaining both expertise and increased acceptance of nuclear power in Australia for generating electricity. This is the only way use of fossil fuels coal and gas can be reduced significantly. Wind and solar can only produce relatively small amounts of electricity at times not necessarily coinciding with demand and expensive batteries have very limited capabilities regarding improving the situation. I have seen report on a variation of generating electricity using nuclear power. The town of Pevek, on the north coast of Eastern Siberia about due north of Australia now has a floating nuclear power station in ship /barge or whatever that was built at St Petersburg, towed there and moored to replace an old coal fired power station. Seems the nuclear technology is largely that used in Russian nuclear powered submarines and icebreakers. Re the latter, seems they are expanding the fleet so a lot more use can be made of the Northern Sea route for commercial shipping. Probably much more viable for this application where a large amount of horsepower and energy usage is required than diesel icebreakers. Seems interesting possibilities for floating nuclear powered electricity generators. Local building maybe limited to arranging secure mooring place and connecting to local power infrastructure. Also, possibly when reactor needs long shutdown for maintenance and refuelling, it could be exchanged for an operating one and taken to where it was originally built or somewhere else suitable for this.