I much prefer the much more nuanced essay by Mack Williams titled Us Struggling with Operation Prosperity Guardian in Red Sea.
It is featured on the Pearls & Irritations website, a website for grown-ups founded and staffed by former Australian Ambassadors and high ranking public servants in the Federal government. Williams was a former Ambassador to Korea.

A quote from John Lennon - "one thing you cant hide is if you are crippled inside"
More often than not the kind of language and imagery anyone uses in writing essays (of whatever length) is a biographical description/projection of their personality.
What does that say about a certain person who always makes negative comments on this forum? And seldom, if ever, makes a positive comment/contribution.

Australia must rethink its international relations strategy given the dangers of following the US and other reckless states blindly. Instead of war we need to focus on peace and development through collaboration.
The days of the unipolar world disorder are over.

Surely mox your not that dumb and uneducated as your writing above indicates?.

The USA and the UK are both falling apart as we speak. Who in their right mind would want to be tied to the apron strings of a war-mongering state such as the USA? Hasn't Australia learnt its lesson yet about being drawn into wars lead by the USA? I am old enough to remember the disaster that was Vietnam, the Middle East and more recently Afghanistan. Thank you Albo for a calm, rational and considered decision before rushing off to join the USA in more wars.

Kudos ttbn.

CM

Thanks, but it seems like a waste of time. Some of the comments here are deranged.

e.g “the dangers of following the US and other reckless states blindly”.

e.g “Instead of war we need to focus on peace”. Tell that to China or Hamas, eh?

e.g “tied to the apron strings of a war-mongering state such as the USA”.

Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq were a mistake with hindsight, but these ‘children’ making ridiculous comments about our traditional ties to Anglosphere allies - people like us, same culture - same everything really - are either off their faces on something, or naturally ignorant: never went to school, never read a book, never learnt history.

If it wasn't for the US, we would have been invaded by the Japanese. In 1942, the US alone was providing us with air defence.

Without the US we would have been toast then. Without the US now we will be toast.

They don’t have a clue. Their naivety would be unbelievable if they didn't display themselves.

God help Australia if they are our future.