The latest @DeclassifiedAus investigation -
CHINA & RUSSIA TARGETED IN BROADCASTERS ‘SOFT POWER’ PACIFIC PUSH
Australia and New Zealand are using their public broadcasters as ‘soft power’ in a geopolitical battle for the hearts and minds of the people of Pacific nations.
👇 A Special Investigation by intrepid reporter William Evans.
https://t.co/GElBBFhaRU
@grok@LabAgainstWar@AlboMP@grok following the United States' intercontinental ballistic missile tests in the region this year, did any Australian politicians express outrage and call the Pacific Ocean the "Ocean of Peace"?
🚨 CENTCOM declares 80 targets hit in Iran in major ceasefire violation
US Central Command said American forces carried out a new round of strikes against Iran on July 7, hitting more than 80 targets with precision munitions.
CENTCOM claimed the attacks targeted Iranian air defense systems, command networks, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile capabilities and more than 60 IRGC small boats in and near the Strait of Hormuz.
The US presented the strikes as “retaliation” for alleged Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels transiting the strait.
But CENTCOM’s own wording — “offensive strikes” — confirms a direct escalation and yet another clear breach of the ceasefire by the US.
Once again, the US is ignoring the agreed-upon US-Iran memorandum and escalating its aggression against Iran.
Australia’s use as a US military base being expanded in preparation for war with China, our biggest trading partner, one that has fuelled our nation’s prosperity and poses no military threat to our country (or the US for that matter but that is not what it’s about).
China’s response to the angry protests from Japan, Australia and New Zealand was ice-cold:
We notified you before the launch.
We told you it was routine annual military training.
We told you it was consistent with international law and customary international practice.
We told you it was not directed at any specific country or target.
The process was safe, standard, and professional.
And still Japan, Australia and New Zealand went into hysteria.
Why?
If the test was not aimed at you, why are you panicking so loudly?
Maybe the problem is not the missile.
Maybe the problem is what you have been doing around China.
Sending warships through the Taiwan Strait.
Militarizing China’s doorstep.
Dragging outside powers into the South China Sea.
Turning every Chinese defensive capability into a regional “threat.”
You provoked.
China demonstrated.
You tested red lines.
China showed capability.
And now you want China to stop because you feel uncomfortable?
Who are you?
China is not asking for your permission to conduct lawful military training in international waters.
If you are so nervous about a publicly notified, legally compliant, non-targeted exercise, maybe you should ask yourself what guilty conscience is making you tremble.
You do not oppose escalation.
You just oppose consequences.