A choice remark: “We’re now defending the fact that we’re in Aukus.
“If we weren’t in Aukus, we wouldn’t need to defend it. If we didn’t have an aggressive ally like the United States – aggressive to others in the region – there’d be nobody attacking Australia. We are better left alone than we are being ‘protected’ by an aggressive power like the United States.
“Australia is capable of defending itself.
“There’s no way another state can invade a country like Australia with an armada of ships without it all failing. I mean, Australia is quite capable of defending itself. We don’t need to be basically a pair of shoes hanging out of the Americans’ backside.”
Yeah, I hated that example. Because its probably the least likely scenario in which we will use the Australian Military. As per our history shows.
Thats why i used an example of a more limited operation to lop off the Pilbara in some resource control scenario. Its, I don’t know, less unlikely than the whole of Aus? Lol