G'day CM.

Perhaps Albanese is just incapable of expressing himself well enough to put a flea in the ears of a few Communist Chinese.

Christopher Dore says of Albanese, “We have never had a prime minister so incapable of stringing words together with clarity and precision.”

Ok on his own terms, scripted; but he is the Joe Biden of Australia otherwise. A “gibberer”.

Prone to talking nonsense, barely able to string a sentence together. “Increasingly incomprehensible”.

Compared to other Prime Ministers from both parties, Albanese is a dud when it comes to public speaking. That’s almost unheard of in a politician.

And, he can't give a straight answer under pressure. How the hell did he ever get to lead a political party when he can't talk! Is the ALP so bad that he's all they had?

The often irritating but sharp Bronwyn Bishop often says that in all the years Albanese has been in politics, nobody ever thought of him as leadership material.

https://thenightly.com.au/opinion/the-front-dore-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-is-australias-equivalent-to-joe-biden-c-15022142

ttbn,

What a surprise, a Murdoch stooge saying something bad about a Labor PM, wonders never cease. This same turkey, like you, think The Lovely Pauline is Wonder Woman!

CM

A NS with a rabid fear of the unnamed, unseen Communists. I once asked you to name Australia's top Marxists, you claimed were all around us, you couldn't name one individual, not one. Talk about believing in reds under the beds, you are a classic. BTW elsewhere you prattle on about the NDIS, we all know from history how your folk hero's dealt with the disabled. In the end National Socialism was responsible for the deaths of 60 million people. The Communists about as many, that's 120 million dead due to crazy ideology.

ttbn- Hope you're well.
As far as Albanese's situation.
Those that show themselves as weak negotiators will be routed.

"Apparently Peter Hitchens was once a godless Trotskyist."

So was Trotsky.

"you would have no problem with China sailing warships through international waters in Bass Strait. I certainly would."

No I'd have no problem. I don't know why you would. Don't you trust them? We know that the Chinese often place surveillance ships just outside our territorial waters especially when we are doing military manoeuvres. Again.. no problems with that.

"America will serve American interests first, Australian interests will be well down the list."

But what if Australian and US interests align? But its funny having Paul think he's somehow a deep thinker on this when in fact he's just regurgitating cold war rhetoric of his youth.

" the most effluent
nation on Earth."

Those dyslexic fingers again. Foxy?

ttbn

I'm not sure whether you think Ukraine relevant, but I would suggest it is being closely observed by China. There has been speculation that western democracies are inherently flawed, which inevitably leads to moral and economic failure (I often read "we're all going to hell" comments on OLO and think it a facet of human nature.). In contrast, authoritarian regimes are argued to be more stable and capable of responding to problems faster, so better in the long run.

I suspect that Putin believed the narrative and thought that the west would be too divided and slow footed to stop him taking Ukraine. While Putin was correct in the short term, with limitations and delays to aiding Ukraine, ultimately the action has led to a unity and resolve that Russia's unprovoked war will fail. That will make China reconsider the degeneracy of the west and the value of military aggression.

CM,

I'm fine, thank you. You will note that the resident idiot is still banging on, producing nothing useful; his girlfriend chips in with third-hand poetry and hard-Left propaganda. We really must ignore the fools.

As for Albanese, at election time he said, “If I become prime minister, I’ll accept responsibility each and every day, not always seek to blame others”.

That was his first lie, and he hasn't stopped since.

Fester,

I have no interest in Ukraine, and China is an ally of Russia's.

China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are the evil conglomerate that the West is facing - possibly in a world war. While there is nothing certain about WW3, the possibility of it will be there as long as the West keeps showing that it is not really interested in defending itself any more. The real enemy is not this evil conglomerate; the enemy is within - in Australia's case, within Canberra.

Democracy is not flawed; the people not willing to defend it are flawed. And authoritarian regimes might look stable on the surface, but they are ruled with fear and brutality, because there is always resentment and yearning for freedom.

Did you know that there are regular attempts on the life of Xi Jinping? You won't hear that in the regular media. You won't hear that Xi is an alcoholic either. Just imagine the nightmares that go on in his head that are responsible for his irrational and brutish behaviour that results in people ‘disappearing’ all the time.

That's the sort of maniac that Australian politicians seem to be just as frightened of as are a billion Chinese people.

We need to concentrate on our own defence and our own region before it is too late. Ukraine is not our problem. If we don't start doing something right now, Australia will be looking like Ukraine. Our enemies need our resources, not us.