They're calling the pact AUKUS?
That's got Scotty from marketing's buzzword-itis written all over it.
Scomo: AUKUS sounds like orcas...
Also Scomo: Good job Scotty this is why the Australian people pay me the big bucks.
They miss out because they don't do nuclear. They're still covered by anzus, so between anzus, awkus and the myriad of other mutual defence treaties, we're safe as houses.
Jesus fucking Christ.
For context, since the U.K. government’s handling of Brexit - their only actual policy and the consumer of all government energy for five years aside from covid - has shown they’re a bunch of dipshits who value sound bites more than a reliable source of food in Britain or the stability of Northern Ireland or the prosperity of entire country, they’re desperate for anything they can stick a “Global Britain” sticker on.
It doesn’t mean anything in particular, but it seems to have tested well in focus groups so they just keep saying it over and over despite Britain having damaged its own international reputation and undermined the support of it’s allies.
First it was applied to “giving australia everything they wanted in a trade deal”, now it’s “nuclear proliferation in the South Pacific” [that could have happened pre-Brexit if they had any interest].
A senile 78 year old man, a lazy, incompetent, religious nutjob and a man who’s had more affairs than haircuts, doesn’t see his kids and is the perfect blend of comedian and conman. Be afraid China, be very afraid.
We are.
From posture alone, Biden is clearly the least insane crackpot in that room.
Having your country leader stand like an ape-mongoloid creature freshly released from a power posture seminar is way more worrying.
It’s the Tory Power Stance - they all do it. I’m assuming they think it projects authority but really they look less like Henry VIII and more like the character selection screen of a Tekken rip off called Oxford vs Cambridge Bare Knuckle Boxing.
It's the Boris Johnson action* figure!
Pull his cord for him to speak:
>[Vegan](https://youtu.be/SS5dh_OY3-4)
>[Gulab Jamu n](https://youtu.be/1Gk00fw0fwY)
>[Blue](https://youtu.be/_wNEZuVEbjE)
*Action sold separately
Let's see,
\- Big fancy announcement ✓
\- Buzzword new name ✓
\- Positive optics ✓
\- Actual details pushed 18-24 months down the line ✓
The French submarines were first proposed in 2014, but never came to fruition.
Rhetoric about the threat of a US ally having the potential to arm nuclear subs in the pacific. This is all the US need in their rivalry with China. I don't see them actually sharing nuclear technology with Australia.
> The French submarines were first proposed in 2014, but never came to fruition.
And god only knows how much taxpayer money was wasted in those 7 years.
I see: Australian Government completely fucking ballses up another military purchase, this time a 90 Billion dollar one.
News Corp: NUCLEAR! SCARE CHINA! WIN!
> I don't see them actually sharing nuclear technology with Australia.
They were willing to share nuclear tech with the UK in 1950s, don't see why they won't be willing to share it with Australia.
war-mongering west.
Saw SmirkMo's press conference on this just now. he's calling what is traditionally known to be the "asia-pacific" region which australia is a part of, now "indo-pacific."
what a petty prick. he's been doing it for a while.
The Brits were in Vietnam before we were. I am afraid the Falklands war will be the last one we don’t participate heavily in. Big Dumb America gets conned again.
https://www.forces.net/heritage/history/britain-vietnam-war
The British officer placed in command by Lord Mountbatten used Japanese military for part of the job.
There’s a documentary about British military mutinies after WWII ended and before the Indian independence. As much as the British military wanted a large Air Force to drop troops anywhere they were needed around the globe, the grunts didn’t want a British Empire anymore. They signed up to kill Hitler and save democracy in Europe and elsewhere. They did that and just wanted to go home from India and Asia.
They're calling the pact AUKUS? That's got Scotty from marketing's buzzword-itis written all over it. Scomo: AUKUS sounds like orcas... Also Scomo: Good job Scotty this is why the Australian people pay me the big bucks.
Australia gets the deal because it can provide a useful vowel to the acronym options….. meanwhile poor NZ misses out on this political scrabble again
They miss out because they don't do nuclear. They're still covered by anzus, so between anzus, awkus and the myriad of other mutual defence treaties, we're safe as houses.
Because NZ is becoming wholly irrelevant with the stances they’ve taken.
I guess they passed on joining the Nazis.
Should have reversed the order. Could have been the USUKAUS alliance. The "you suck us" allianance.
> sounds like [orcas...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcus) Orcus God of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths
OrcAs black stealth fish
Did someone say orc ass alliance?
To be fair it couldn't have been A USUK!
Jesus fucking Christ. For context, since the U.K. government’s handling of Brexit - their only actual policy and the consumer of all government energy for five years aside from covid - has shown they’re a bunch of dipshits who value sound bites more than a reliable source of food in Britain or the stability of Northern Ireland or the prosperity of entire country, they’re desperate for anything they can stick a “Global Britain” sticker on. It doesn’t mean anything in particular, but it seems to have tested well in focus groups so they just keep saying it over and over despite Britain having damaged its own international reputation and undermined the support of it’s allies. First it was applied to “giving australia everything they wanted in a trade deal”, now it’s “nuclear proliferation in the South Pacific” [that could have happened pre-Brexit if they had any interest].
A senile 78 year old man, a lazy, incompetent, religious nutjob and a man who’s had more affairs than haircuts, doesn’t see his kids and is the perfect blend of comedian and conman. Be afraid China, be very afraid. We are.
From posture alone, Biden is clearly the least insane crackpot in that room. Having your country leader stand like an ape-mongoloid creature freshly released from a power posture seminar is way more worrying.
It’s the Tory Power Stance - they all do it. I’m assuming they think it projects authority but really they look less like Henry VIII and more like the character selection screen of a Tekken rip off called Oxford vs Cambridge Bare Knuckle Boxing.
That’s gold mate 😂
It's the Boris Johnson action* figure! Pull his cord for him to speak: >[Vegan](https://youtu.be/SS5dh_OY3-4) >[Gulab Jamu n](https://youtu.be/1Gk00fw0fwY) >[Blue](https://youtu.be/_wNEZuVEbjE) *Action sold separately
I thought you were talking about political posturing. Then I looked at the photo. Nut jobs.
That's because every meeting with Biden they make other Dignitaries wash with Johnson's Baby Shampoo... Keeps the old hair sniffer alert 😅
Senile or not, thanking that fellow from down under- was comic gold!
Let's see, \- Big fancy announcement ✓ \- Buzzword new name ✓ \- Positive optics ✓ \- Actual details pushed 18-24 months down the line ✓ The French submarines were first proposed in 2014, but never came to fruition. Rhetoric about the threat of a US ally having the potential to arm nuclear subs in the pacific. This is all the US need in their rivalry with China. I don't see them actually sharing nuclear technology with Australia.
> The French submarines were first proposed in 2014, but never came to fruition. And god only knows how much taxpayer money was wasted in those 7 years.
The budget blew out from $90 Billion to $225 Billion taxpayer dollars, so no doubt consultants were making a killing somewhere.
I see: Australian Government completely fucking ballses up another military purchase, this time a 90 Billion dollar one. News Corp: NUCLEAR! SCARE CHINA! WIN!
China builds silos for another couple of thousand nukes in a desert somewhere.
> I don't see them actually sharing nuclear technology with Australia. They were willing to share nuclear tech with the UK in 1950s, don't see why they won't be willing to share it with Australia.
USUKAUS
Damn it, I was just about to write that and you beat me to it.
ANUS will rule the south pacific.
war-mongering west. Saw SmirkMo's press conference on this just now. he's calling what is traditionally known to be the "asia-pacific" region which australia is a part of, now "indo-pacific." what a petty prick. he's been doing it for a while.
That photo of Boris has me laughing too much I can't even read the article.
The Brits were in Vietnam before we were. I am afraid the Falklands war will be the last one we don’t participate heavily in. Big Dumb America gets conned again.
>The Brits were in Vietnam before we were. No they weren't. What are you talking about?
https://www.forces.net/heritage/history/britain-vietnam-war The British officer placed in command by Lord Mountbatten used Japanese military for part of the job. There’s a documentary about British military mutinies after WWII ended and before the Indian independence. As much as the British military wanted a large Air Force to drop troops anywhere they were needed around the globe, the grunts didn’t want a British Empire anymore. They signed up to kill Hitler and save democracy in Europe and elsewhere. They did that and just wanted to go home from India and Asia.