The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan has slammed the Albanese government for declining a request from the US for support in the Red Sea.
The government will likely not be sending a warship to assist the United States in an operation against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea.
“This is quite an important moment in Australian history,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia.
“If our navy has reached such a pathetic state of incapability that it cannot deal with attacks by Houthi rebels using cheap drones, then we’re just kidding ourselves about having any impact on China or the Indo Pacific whatsoever.
“This is a shocking moment, both in what it says about the Albanese government’s complete lack of seriousness in this matter, the shocking state of our navy and the inability of the government to produce any military capability at all.”
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You can run from politics but politics doesn’t run from u
No wonder us in the US have pay so much in taxes to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on defense, that's why everyone else let's their military go to shit and they are dependant on us for defense.
"If the Israelis don't want to be accused of being like the nazis, they simply need to stop behaving like nazis" Norman Finkelstein ❤… but I think Zionist are worse than Nazis
Whether or not an RAN vessel would make any military difference is arguable. But as a gesture it is of major importance to our allies. Having said that, Greg Sheridan makes more sense than the government or opposition on strategic issues.
I remember Paul Keating saying about Aukus vs China that it it would be like throwing a handful of matchsticks at a mountain.
you went from 360m in tobacco taxes to 14billion a year and we haven't got more houses or a better equipped navy or better hospitals services. Where are the billions gone every year?
If you expect your mate to have your back when the 💩 hits the fan, you should be there for your mate if they ask.
Australian navy is not for wartime, rather for relief goods delivery only. 🙂
For a nation that spends tens of billions of dollars every year for it’s defence force, it’s quite shocking we don’t even have proper naval destroyers! 😤
Australia always hide under the US navy to stayed pretending to be strong 😂😂😂
Still wanted to engage in south China Sea or Middle East.
Can't even protect around the whole Australian coastline 😂😂😂
No money ,just shut ths f…up,trying to potray you one of the big boys,got you into this damn mess ,10 year aukus will be yr biggest flop n u.s will suck you bone dry,at least you can still sell yr stuff to ukraine,u can forget europe,they will be worst then you,provided asia still trust you.
Reintroduce national service for all services and pay them well. Too bloody easy, (an ex Brit army national serviceman) It works well. All in – including those aiming to be bloody politicians!
The truth is that government has two many wrongs and the Australian people see the facks
They couldn't sena a ship to the red Sea because they can't man them
ALL.PEOPLE. AGAINST ALBANESE. WORSE P M . OF. AUSTRALIA. All COMMENTS. I READ. THEM ALL TERRIBLE. THIS. GOVT. WHICH. IS. TRUE
Aren't Labour and Liberal Parties the most pitiful on this earth.
Both have only achieved debt and degradation of levels of living for Australian citizens in just a few short years.
If the Australian Government Corporation and it's devious Electoral Office are not immediately sacked, and if First Past The Post voting is not put immediately into place, then it will be up to Constitutionally authorised citizens to take Australia back out of their evil hands.
If Australia becomes as useless as New Zealand the whole South Pacific is stuffed.
The whole world should know as they say to the fake zionist israeili regim was created in 1948 by killing so many innecsnt palestinian stealing their land how can he defend itself as occupier ,? Yemen has all right to defend itself.
He’s right on the money, I’m sure it helps China in the end, not fearing anything from Australia
We have some latoral ships for sale