RaymondPierreL3
@RaymondPierreL3@aus.social
Retired Australian who voted YES (He, Him) #Writing to become an #author of #Fiction. Among my interests are #Renewables #MartialArts #TaiJi #QiGong #PhilosophyOfMind #Spiritualism #Metaphysics and all ‘big’ questions (and #auspol, of course) The banner reads #Democracy not Monarchy and the avatar is a Qigong practioner in front of the I-Ching symbols. I can also be read on: https://raymondpierreleonard.wordpress.com/ A 'star' can mean ‘I see you’ or simply ‘thank you’.
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@ElectricTrike@cycle.town
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@ElectricTrike@cycle.town
The first four paragraphs are spot on and hence I concede that the #AUKUS Tier One deal needs to be reviewed and perhaps renegotiated into something that is a lot more than ‘possibly’ deliverable. Further, and more importantly, I opine that a Plan B (grounded in the commercially probable) needs to be thought out and acted on — there are alternatives.
As for the rest of the good Senator’s thinking, it’s mostly extrapolation based on publicly available information and the govt’s stated strategic objectives (except for the storing of nuclear waste if, and it’s a big IF, the US ends up dumping it here which is unlikely given the US is kinda iffy about nuclear fuel, spent/repurposed, reprocessed or indeed enriched). Those strategic objectives btw are not carved in stone and will vary with time.
Shoebridge also engages in conjectures lacking relevant information (due to classifications). He does draw a long bow towards the end of the piece.
Nevertheless, I commend the #Greens Senator for keeping the public discourse on AUKUS alive despite #Marles ‘ best efforts to play down the whole debacle as : “steady she goes”. If the truth be known, the good ship lollipop is anything but.
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