Dear Mr Opinion,

I think it would be a big mistake to under estimate
our Prime Minister. I think he is a very clever man.

Dear Foxy,

You think he's clever; I think he's cunning. Let's see who he decides to back in what looks like being a belligerent confrontation between the US and China in the struggle to dominate the global economy.

Folks he is smart and some voters believe him
So he will not be easy to remove, unless, we are indeed entering a recession
Or if Albo is not the man I think I know he is
Nevertheless hope to see the next election
RIP the victims of two mass murders in America today

Dear Belly,

With Mike Pompeo in Sydney currently - we need to
ask - will Australia be asked to join a US led
Coalition aimed at protecting shipping in the
Persian Gulf?

The Middle East is just one area of concern.

The other is the growing dominance of China in the
Pacific region.

Dear Foxy,

I think it is obvious that Australia will be asked to participate in opposing Iran. Problem is Iran is a client state of China and ScuMo doesn't want to upset China.

And of course the US will want to deploy missiles in Australia as a countermeasure to China's annexation of the South China Sea as well as any further military expansion by China into the South Pacific. (It's just like the start of the Japan-US Pacific War all over again.) This is a bigger problem for ScuMo because it's a direct slap in the face to Beijing.

The dilemma for ScuMo is that he has to make a decision: China or the US? There's no more opportunity to play one off against the other and I think he's in a lose-lose situation.

I think [and it concerns me] both sides will support our Navy getting involved in the safe passage fleet
Not sure it is the wrong thing to do, in fact Iran is a ratbag nation that must b stopped
But worried that war is eventually going to start because of such actions