US Aukus commitment should not be doubted, says assistant secretary of state, while refusing to be drawn on lingering concerns about the sale of nuclear submarines
    • huf [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      i guess they werent allowed to take the french deal. just like they're not allowed to own the subs.

      very sovereign country btw.

        • huf [he/him]
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          7 months ago

          that was the second coup, wasnt it? there was one before that IIRC :D

  • ProfessorAdonisCnut [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    Sure we might be a total irrelevance globally, but at least we get to be a microcosm for the subsumption of the British Empire into the American one

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    7 months ago

    bit idea: name the submarines after Gough Whitlam and Harold Holt

    • ReadFanon [any, any]
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      7 months ago

      I feel like America would just think "Aww, that's sweet - they named their submarines after former Prime Ministers" if they had any awareness of Australia (they don't).

      I vote for naming them after Benedict Arnold and Julius & Ethel Rosenberg or something. I'd want it to make the designations sting every time an American has to say their names.

  • ReadFanon [any, any]
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    7 months ago

    That's fine, the US hasn't guaranteed Australia complete control of Australian politics for the past half a century anyway.