You want to hear a harsh truth? The Ukraine is not a hill that I’m prepared to die on. Nor send my, or anyone else’s sons to die on. And it’s absolutely not something I’m prepared to start WWIII over. Because that’s exactly what the
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Jon Miltimore fee.org Russian soldiers flooded into Ukraine Thursday under orders from President Vladimir Putin, threatening to obliterate a peace that has existed on the European continent for more than 75 years. News reports say cities were bombarded by land, air, and sea, and Ukrainian forces were struggling to
Information Opinion Taking a drive into town on Sunday morning, I heard someone on the radio campaigning for animal rights. This was not just the right to painless euthanasia, or a life free from cruelty, but actual rights. It caused me to imagine a dog in a pearl necklace going
Ever since Gough Whitlam, Australian foreign policy mavens have wittered about “finding our place in Asia”. For too long, though, that seems to have too often consisted of sucking up to dictators. Whitlam set the tone with his visit — as Opposition Leader — to a China still under the iron rule
In my previous post, I argued that war with China was far from inevitable, especially if we could navigate the next few years in peace. Others are not so optimistic. Certainly, there are plenty of people in power warning of the possibility of war with China. But are they, like
Manly D. Hall. amateurreviewspace.com “If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable – what then?” George Orwell Since the introduction of hydrogen bombs, and the general buildup of civilization-ending weapons by multiple nations, including the United States, Russia
How do those jackboots feel as they stomp all over your rights? Jacinda Ardern’s regime is now telling Police and the Armed Forces that they need to be fully vaccinated: Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood announced today that workplace vaccination requirements will be extended to include the
If the Australia-China relationship for the past two years was a David-Goliath diplomatic war, a winner is slowly emerging. As in the Biblical fable, it’s not the giant. China’s international image has been tainted enough by its lies and obfuscations over the origins of the Wuhan virus pandemic.
Tyrants never lack for apologists and appeasers in freer countries. The appeasement movement in the 1930s practically gifted Europe to Hitler. The Soviets reputedly called them “useful idiots” during the Cold War. Now, they’re flocking to the banner of China. As the communist dictatorship increasingly flexes its might and
There are few sure bets in life, but one is that, where there’s a chance to trash Australia internationally, you can bet your life that left-wing journalists (which is to say, nearly all of them) will be lining up to sink the boots in. Witness the current hissy-fit by
Remember when Donald Trump was “upsetting the established international order”? He’s got nothing on Joe Biden. Back when the Bad Orange Man challenged European nations to start pulling their weight in NATO, or the US would walk, the Euro elite lost their minds. Pay for their own defence? Mon
AJ Mitchell Australian National University Born and raised in Northern Ireland, AJ Mitchell attended Queen’s University Belfast as an undergraduate studying Mathematics and Physics. Following an internship at ETH Zurich, He decided to pursue a career in academic research. The Australian government has just declared an historic defence agreement
If you thought the Chinese were miffed at the AUKUS alliance, they’ve got nothing on the French. Nobody throws a hissy-fit quite like the French. Gallic displays of outraged hauteur are almost as legendary as France’s ability to run up the white flag. So, when Australia said non
New Conservative Recently, the NZDF (New Zealand Defence Force) mandated that all personnel take the COVID-19 vaccine as a part of the baseline medical requirements for deployment in NZ and overseas. This decision has a far-reaching impact on servicemen and women who may have legitimate and genuine personal reasons for
Australia, the US and Britain have announced a historic new military alliance – one that explicitly relegates New Zealand to the sidelines. New Zealanders can thank Jacinda Ardern and her Labour predecessors for turning their country into, at best, a strategic irrelevance, at worst, a client state of communist China. It
