After all, what does Australia actually get from being a US ally? And what does it lose in return?
The US represents a fading and failing empire of total control. There is a word for that. It is totalitarianism. And there have been, in the past, sufficient examples of such demanding compliance to US wishes, for any current so-called ‘ally’ or ‘friend’ to see that no other form or level of acquiescence is acceptable to the host. The degree of US control in the affairs of its affiliated member states has risen over the years to be one where none of them can now be said to be a sovereign nation. Australia has been a fine example of that since the ’70s of the previous century when the CIA gained control of our parliamentary business, overthrowing an elected government – their particular specialty. Not necessarily encompassing our electoral process, which becomes largely irrelevant when they can turn any elected official with money or threats. You may have noticed that. Since the ’70s, which was just before I arrived in the country as a fresh-faced immigrant believer in an incorruptible nation, everything about the Aussie culture, profile, and global standing, after we swapped wisdom and integrity for temporary sporting success, has been going downhill at a cracking pace. To a point where, for a growing number of years now, I have been unable to find a political home for my voting rights in government elections at any level.
The major point of all this is that while Australia believes the US to be a security ally on whom they can rely in times of trouble, nothing of the sort is borne out in reality. Recent events and not so recent events reveal the US and its overly-vaunted military to be nothing more than a paper tiger, incapable of defeating the Houthis of Yemen, the Taliban of Afghanistan, the previous government of Syria and, most recently, heavily losing a war with Iran over control of the Hormuz Strait. They have in fact never won a war in their entire history against a determined near-peer opponent. Not that they generally pick quarrels which might involve fighting against even moderately armed opponents, preferring instead to pitch foolish, bought and armed but poorly trained proxy armies – mostly terrorist in nature (including Nazi Ukraine) – to die for their causes. And their recent treatment of supposed ally Canada shows precisely how they would treat Australia if that nation did not toe the line as a loyal servant. Who needs that type of ‘friend’?
Not only that, but it becomes more clear, every day that passes, that the US is in dire trouble over gross misuse and abuse of its own economy. And in a world where geopolitical presence and power is now seen to be changing from the old and worn out order of more than a century, probably two, old ties and neck yokes are being discarded around the world by many nations. I think, and I want, Australia to be part of that fresh movement outlook. The old ways no longer suit the common man. Only the already rich prosper. The system, the Capitalist system, is loaded that way. And I for one have had enough of it. But it is not my day. It is the day of the emerging youth, whose lives have become decidedly more difficult in recent times – when compared with their parent ancestors of just one generation removed. And they will not sit quietly by to allow the deterioration to fester and grow. I am irrelevant to that now, being one of those parents from that previous generation. But I can watch, and support where needed. All across the world, the sparks of dissatisfaction are beginning to ignite, and if the signs are ignored or attempts made to douse them, we are looking at a very unsettled future. A future set against the background of already igniting economic chaos and unrest. I see no peace emerging until the upcoming conflagration is sparked into explosive action at many hotspots around the world. Will Australia be part of that liberating spectacle? Will Australia find new partners to carry them forward to a better future in, say, China, or even Russia? China, undoubtedly. But there have never been deep cultural associations between Australia and Russia, even though I personally do feel them. And to Aussies, I think Russia generally seems too remote, as in at the opposite end of the planet. It doesn’t matter really, since both Russia and China are going to figure highly in any powerful relationships forged in the future, with most of the world. And both are highly regarded around the world even now. The current Aussie relationships with other nations, and many of the the nations themselves – including Australia – are withering and dying by the day. Is that a scene Australia wants to be part of?
Of interest in regard to all of this, is the following recent report about China’s new Ambassador to Australia, Liu Jinsong…
Wolf warrior, intellectual, sock puppet? What do we know about China’s new ambassador to Australia? – ABC News – Aug 28, 2026
I have chosen three short quotes from that report, to illustrate the new opportunity this provides, on a number of points, for Australia to make a new start in China-Australia relations…
What type of person is Liu Jinsong?
Liu even mentioned he took the bus down to Canberra from Sydney after flying into Australia, saying he “enjoyed chatting with ordinary Australians along the way, which made the journey all the more enjoyable”.
The official Australian reaction to this most interesting aspect of China’s man for Australia was, of course, to take him to task for misstating his ambassadorial status at the time of that trip. What a bunch of sour-Joes we have become.
The inevitability of China’s continued rise
There was also the distinct whiff of confidence in the statement, with Liu keen to suggest — as Chinese officials sometimes do — that China’s rise is inevitable and unavoidable, and that Australia would be better served getting on board.
What better advice could we be given?
Dragging us out from under America’s heel
And Sam Chetwin George says Beijing’s overarching objective — which Liu will no doubt pursue — will still be to weaken Australia’s alignment with the US and ultimately to erode the strength of the US-Australia alliance.
Just the gift we needed.
So, what is Australia to do about it? The answer to that, like most such questions, is simple really, but it needs most Australians to agree with it. Which is certainly not a simple matter.
So, most likely, into the maelstrom of fire and chaos we will go. And what will emerge from the other end, if anything?
Of course we could hope for some form of liberating invasion, taking pity on our inability to think for ourselves, and driving out the current demons which hold us in our state of delusion, bound in a suspension of reality to the USA.
I’m not holding my breath in anticipation of any of this. Just expecting the worst due to lack of or poor decision making.
Surprise me.
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