Privately, US officials are also alarmed at the protection levels of Australian bases, including HMAS Stirling and RAAF Base Darwin, where significant numbers of US personnel and military assets will be operating https://t.co/pwpoLVpO0G
Did you know we’re Australia’s oldest national intelligence agency - born in WWII? We still support the ADF today with foreign signals intelligence, cyber security and offensive cyber operations.
American mining company Utah Coal gave donations to Doug Anthony leader of the Country Party (now Nationals).
As I recall it, the money was in fact provided by the CIA.
The mining company was acting as a ‘pass through’ for agency financing for the conservative political party.
Solomon Islands was Australia’s first ever spying target, just after federation.
The Australian spy went in, under cover of being a businessman — nothing really changes.
I thought you might like to know.
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I remember when Kissinger was saying in 1980 the Russians could out-bomb us. Hehe, a little lie for the bigger victory. But I don’t think CCP China is the same as USSR Russia was back then. I don’t think US can out-arm them. It will not be possible to bleed them dry. Different.
The knot that binds.
👉 “Australia remains unaffected by the eclipse of America’s reputation and its complicity in genocide.
👉👉 “Canberra seeks the closest possible alignment with Washington, just as the rest of the world is rethinking the wisdom of maintaining a close relationship with such a reckless and violent superpower.
👉👉👉 “It means the country is now inextricably tied to the fortunes of a dangerous, internally divided rogue state in the twilight of its imperial age.”
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@PeterCronau@JohnBlaxland1 They been killing Papuans without our complaint ever since Kissinger went on the board of Freeport mine. We do like to fit in.
@PeterCronau@JohnBlaxland1 They been killing Papuans without our complaint ever since Kissinger went on the board of Freeport mine. We do like to fit in.