Josephus,

If we had audio with our written posts on The Forum all anyone would hear is you crying and lamenting all the time.

In fact if we can go virtual we could probably have you tears dripping onto our keyboards.

BTW

I just saw a news headline on ABC TV this morning saying that Biden has told the Democrats in Congress to 'multi-task' after the inauguration.

Hmmm . . . . . looks like they are not going to let up on Trump and they will be going after blood.

GOOD.

Josephus,

Weird capitulationism. I guess before WW II, they called it appeasement.

Of course Australia should be firming up its alliances with India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and all Pacific Island countries.

Of course we should be building up our defences, our armed forces, our military technology. And don't forget that any Chinese armed forces intent on invading Australia has to come around and down the east coast, and down to Perth. Nobody in their right mind is going to invade Australia from the north or from Darwin, down through Alice Springs which will probably be one of the safest places in Australia.

On that score however, we should cancel the lease on Darwin harbour and set it up as a major joint allied naval and air base.

No need to lie own on our bellies just yet, Josephus.

Joe

Whatever you say Guangzhou Joe.

Pretending you're all of a sudden a dinky di Aussie instead of a Chinese plant might fool some people but doesn't fool me.

What is our government and big business doing to wean ourselves off China? Nothing! Morrison just mouths platitudes and smirks. Big Business has no interest in Australia's 25 million people when it has China's 1.5 billion. BB gets it's rubbish made in China. Australia has only mining and primary industry that China is increasingly refusing to buy - cherries being the latest thing. There is a good case for going backwards twenty years, learning to do without China, and recovering manufacturing and self sufficiency. But, we must have willing and capable politicians to do this. Sadly, you keep voting for the ones we have now, who will eventually give in to China because they don't care and they are too lazy and stupid to do anything else.

ttbn,

You do know what China's two biggest exports are, don't you? (1) People and (2) environmental degradation.

And Australia has been getting a lot of that from China over the past four decades.

Foul-Mouth,

I'm starting to think the Chinese will attack from every direction.

They'll come down the east and west coasts with their naval forces and from Darwin through the centre with their air and land forces.

It will be one giant swarm of parasites destroying every living thing in it's path.

Oh well, Australians brought it on themselves so they only have themselves to blame.

I suppose you and the rest of The Forum's pro-China camp will be happy especially when Xi pins the Golden Dim Sum on your chest.