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We’ll need to pay a higher defence premium under Biden : Comments

By Graham Young, published 17/11/2020

In return for being one of the US's most reliable allies, Australia expects and hopes, that in the event of any serious threat to our borders, the US will come to our aid.

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Dear Bazz,

Weren't you the bloke who started a thread titled "Biden Will Stand Down" a little while ago? Perhaps parking your predictions for a period so people have a chance to forget might be an idea.
Posted by SteeleRedux, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 10:14:03 PM
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Dear Graham,

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I read your article in the Spectator yesterday and didn’t realise you were such a fan of Donald Trump. In fact, at first, I thought it couldn’t be the Graham Young I knew but probably a homonym. How surprised I was to see at the bottom of the article that it really was you, the Graham Young of Online Opinion.

That said, I can’t say I share your enthusiasm for Donald. I see the man as a disruptor who has served his purpose and is now outlasting his usefulness. He put the boot into the anthill and opened our eyes to a rather embarrassing reality that has also outlasted its justifiability.

It is not the responsibility of the USA to assure the freedom, independence, and economic prosperity of the rest of the world. It is the fundamental duty of each and every sovereign nation to look after its own citizens and assume its responsibilities. The good times are over.

Donald has proved his point and we all get the message. The rupture has been consummated – as the Kurds, the Chinese, the Obama Care recipients (who risk losing their health insurance benefits), and, no doubt, every other “loser” can testify.

We all now know where we stand (or should do) but the disruption has been brutal, conflictual and highly divisive. The very foundations of the world’s most powerful democratic nation have been severely shaken.

What is now needed, in my sense, is good, stable, consensual leadership, capable of correctly installing and consolidating the new world order through respectful negotiation, conciliation and reciprocity.

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Posted by Banjo Paterson, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 3:56:52 AM
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Well said Banjo.

Especially the last few paras, on what America now needs.
Posted by plantagenet, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 10:17:11 AM
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Dear ttbn,

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You wrote :

« Apparently Australia is physically moving away from the Asian continent every year »
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My understanding, ttbn, is that exactly the opposite is occurring.

Geologists indicate that tectonic plate activity is causing Australia to drift north-east at a rate of 7cm per year towards Asia, “the same speed that our fingernails grow each year” (according to Curtin University Professor Zheng-Xiang Li) :

http://news.curtin.edu.au/stories/australias-due-to-collide-with-asia-whether-we-like-it-or-not/

In about 60 million years’ time, it is estimated that it will bump into the east coast of China and in about 100 million years’ time, it will be half gobbled-up by China. The other (southern half) will simply be part of China :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hos7w8xrcEs

So, I guess our far-distant future descendants will all be Chinese.

Something to keep in mind in our future planning. How's your Mandarin coming along ?

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Posted by Banjo Paterson, Thursday, 19 November 2020 12:45:46 AM
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The wife of a friend gave birth to a girl. The friend's name was Loren King, and they named the baby, Nancy. Nan King, must be the Chinese influence.
Posted by david f, Thursday, 19 November 2020 1:01:16 AM
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david f,

Wouldn't her name be Nancy King?

I imagine she might use Nan King if she was trying to be racist. Is that what you are suggesting, that the child will grow up to be a racist?
Posted by Mr Opinion, Thursday, 19 November 2020 6:09:04 AM
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