"The sea lanes that bring middle eastern oil to China are as easily closed as any in the world. "

There's a reason why Australia is spending $1,3 billion to buy Tomahawk missiles and why the US is anxious that we become only the second country to be given access to them. Their range means that the Straits of Malacca are within reach of our missile systems and that, therefore, this sea route, so vital to China, could be closed or severely disrupted to shipping in the event of any Chinese adventurism.

Dear diver dan,

You ask: "you would agree I strongly suspect, Oct7 Hamas attackers are the good guys, and it’s all the fault of the Fascist Netanyahu right wing Government, and ignoring calls for a cease fire in Gaza is genocide of Palestinians?"

No I don't agree the Hamas attackers are the good guys. Much like the partisans, particularly in the Balkans during WW2, who were a law unto themselves and operated often with horrific brutality so the question is more about whether they are the leaders the Gazans need rather than those they want.

Gaza had remained the only part of Palestine which, since the Israelis were forced out, has been spared the land theft and dehumanising internal checkpoints which have blighted the West Bank.

And yes if the Armenian Genocide is worthy of the title then the direction we are headed in Gaza earns it too.

This war was planned and started by Hamas with the full intention of forcing a massive retaliation by Israel with the full knowledge of the consequences to the Gazan civilians. Hamas's atrocities started the dance and they are now facing the full force of the music.

Regarding handling conflicts on 3 fronts, the US is only superficially involved in either of them. The US support of Ukraine is about 5% of their military budget and mostly involves the Ukrainians killing Russians with weapons that are either obsolete or old. In contrast, Russia's army is being bled dry and is only a shadow of its previous self.

The support for Israel is having two carrier forces offshore blocking any 3rd party from interfering in Israel's pest control.

Regarding Taiwan, the increasing supply of long-range anti-ship weapons and cluster munitions aimed at potential landing sites will make any planned invasion by China incredibly expensive in lives and equipment. A blockade of energy supply to China would bring it to its knees very fast.

Israel says, "We are not at war with the people of Gaza" as the death toll passes 10,000... Hmmmm.

To give you some sense of the scale of the killing, we are now in the 20th month of Putin's war on Ukraine. An estimated 10,000 civilians have been killed in the war, including 600 children. Israel's war in Gaza will likely kill 10,000 by the end of this week, one month into its war. Over 4,000 of those victims are children.

Nice to know that Israel is only after those Hamas terrorists!

Hamas Claims that 10,000 people have been killed. Hamas has been caught lying many times before. But useful idiots post this figure as gospel.

Based on past lies the figure is probably closer to 3000 with 1000 of them being Hamas terrorists.

How many people have died in Gaza since the Hamas attack?

More than 10,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes, according to Palestinian health authorities, with over 4,000 of the casualties being children.

On Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Gaza was becoming a "graveyard for children" and called for an urgent ceasefire.

"Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children," Guterres said.

"Hundreds of girls and boys are reportedly being killed or injured every day."

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/one-month-in-this-is-the-toll-of-the-hamas-israel-war/49qes9n5l