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"The Albanese government should urgently reconsider Australia’s alliance with
the US, two former Labor foreign ministers have said, as they voiced alarm over
Donald Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela and renewed push to claim
Greenland.
Speaking to
Guardian Australia in the days after the US seizure of
Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, former Labor foreign minister Bob Carr
said Trump’s US had become a “fiercely unpredictable” ally, raising a “colossal
challenge” for Australia.
Another former Labor foreign minister, Gareth Evans, said he was concerned the
US had “zero respect” for international law or the interests of its allies.
Evans said the Aukus pact should be reconsidered.
“It’s a wake-up call that can no longer be ignored by the Australian
government. It’s now more than time for the Aukus submarine project to be
abandoned, and our defence capability to be built in our own interests, not
those of a now totally unreliable United States,” Evans said."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
