Australia inserts a little reason .

[Grrr...]

It must be sad to have such a thin skin.
Is it just you and Grr, or do Americans collectively have some reflex that twitches when any Prime Minister or other head of state offers advice or censure?
Dog forbid that anyone but the mighty USA should have the nerve to censure another country for wagging their manhoods in a sensitive environment.

Like I said the first time, fuck off.

You constantly cheerlead for Australia, gloss over the problems the country you left has, and bash other countries. You beg for attention and revel in negativity. You're a hypocrite.

Then you make shit up. I said nothing about the Prime Minister or other head of state. My comments solely address you, and your stupid blather.

Australia is "censuring" us?

In fact, if YOU read YOUR OWN article, you'd see that he was criticizing CHINA. Not the U.S. That he was complimenting the U.S. on how they were handling things. You are so very very desperate to bad mouth everything the U.S. does that you saw America named in the article and then assumed (and hoped) that we were somehow getting our hands slapped. When, in fact, you government was giving us kudos.

You can't even read the text of an article and interpret it correctly. Is it any wonder that I'd prefer you just fuck off and stop cluttering up the forum with bad interpretations and faulty reasoning?

Don't worry too much. I fully expect you to ignore your total misinterpretation of the article and double down on the stupid. You do you.

 

[phillysailor]

China is threatening the petrodollar. This is probably America's greatest asset.

I don't think Meli understands the threat China poses to the US and the current world order. It's not just about Ukraine and Taiwan, it's about the middle east, Africa and South America, Europe.

The next war ain't gonna look like the previous ones. In retrospect, opening salvos may have already been fired.

 

[ShortForBob]

Like I said the first time, fuck off.

You constantly cheerlead for Australia, gloss over the problems the country you left has, and bash other countries. You beg for attention and revel in negativity. You're a hypocrite.

Then you make shit up. I said nothing about the Prime Minister or other head of state. My comments solely address you, and your stupid blather.

Australia is "censuring" us?

Um. Why shouldn't I cheerlead for Australia?. I'm Australian.
Interesting that you've not made any comment on the actual subject
Of course Albo stressed support for the USA's attempt to re open dialogue. What are you? an idiot?
You do your thing (shooting the messenger) and I'll do mine . ( bringing the world to what is increasingly looking like a diplomatic backwater)

 

[ShortForBob]

China is threatening the petrodollar. This is probably America's greatest asset.

I don't think Meli understands the threat China poses to the US and the current world order. It's not just about Ukraine and Taiwan, it's about the middle east, Africa and South America, Europe.

The next war ain't gonna look like the previous ones. In retrospect, opening salvos may have already been fired.

Of course I do.
I just don't necessarily see that the current world order is worth saving.
Empires fall, "barbarians rise". So it goes. Like climate change
I think long term. Like the Greeks. In Millennium.

 

[Grrr...]

Um. Why shouldn't I cheerlead for Australia?. I'm Australian.
Interesting that you've not made any comment on the actual subject
Of course Albo stressed support for the USA's attempt to re open dialogue. What are you? an idiot?
You do your thing (shooting the messenger) and I'll do mine . ( bringing the world to what is increasingly looking like a diplomatic backwater)

Ignore that there was no banging of "American heads". Check.
Ignore that you misconstrued the article. Check.
Pretend that you're some moral crusader bringing enlightenment to the masses? Check

What type of drugs are you doing?

 

[ShortForBob]

Ignore that there was no banging of "American heads". Check.
Ignore that you misconstrued the article. Check.
Pretend that you're some moral crusader bringing enlightenment to the masses? Check

What type of drugs are you doing?

Understanding subtlety or reading subtext has never been an American attribute has it?

 

[phillysailor]

Of course I do.
I just don't necessarily see that the current world order is worth saving.
Empires fall, "barbarians rise". So it goes. Like climate change
I think long term. Like the Greeks. In Millennium.

Ok, maybe you think Australia is insulated, but your economy is dependent on us right now.

If you think losing 40% of your wealth in a matter of months is cool, try asking the rest of the citizens in your nation if they are willing to suffer through it.

You might not be too pleased by their response. Think the pandemic was bad? Did you resent the loss of life and privileges it caused?

Multiply that fun by famine and riots.

 

[kent_island_sailor]

Of course there would be translators, but that's not the point. I dont want military guys in dialogue. Why should these basically economic and border issues be negotiated/discussed/ settled by the military? Armies are a tool of diplomats not versed in diplomacy. I don't understand why the USA want's Austen to be doing the negotiating. More dick waving I suspect.
AKA Gunboat diplomacy.

We USED to have direct mil-mil comms with them. The idea is so no one accidentally starts a war.
"Hey, Lt. Wang was drunk and fell face-first on the control panel. When you see the MegaDildo5000 missile go by you can ignore it, not trying to blow you guys up (today)"

The USA is not opposed to diplomatic conversations either.

 

[ShortForBob]

Ok, maybe you think Australia is insulated, but your economy is dependent on us right now.

If you think losing 40% of your wealth in a matter of months is cool, try asking the rest of the citizens in your nation if they are willing to suffer through it.

You might not be too pleased by their response. Think the pandemic was bad? Did you resent the loss of life and privileges it caused?

Multiply that fun by famine and riots.

You're not getting where I'm coming from at all.

I was born in the UK, I'm grateful to Australia for the advantages it gave me (and I've paid that debt) If Australia was invaded by the USA or China, I'd pay my dues. If Australia was invaded by NZ or Greece, I'd sort of go Meh.

read this

What if the world was one country? A psychologist on why we need to think beyond borders

Research shows that when people feel insecure and anxious they become more concerned with identity values such as nationalism, status and success.

theconversation.com

 

[phillysailor]

You can't predict your reaction, but I highly doubt coming under fire and forced from your home by an invasion would elicit a mere "meh" from you.

And it wouldn't be NZ or Greece invading. It'd be some authoritarian country that was pissed off and encouraging a decent amount of rape and pillage. Ya know, war crimes like in Ukraine.

"Meh" wouldn't begin to cover it.

Edit: new nickname?

Mehli

 

[ShortForBob]

You can't predict your reaction, but I highly doubt coming under fire and forced from your home by an invasion would elicit a mere "meh" from you.

And it wouldn't be NZ or Greece invading. It'd be some authoritarian country that was pissed off and encouraging a decent amount of rape and pillage. Ya know, war crimes like in Ukraine.

"Meh" wouldn't begin to cover it.

Edit: new nickname?

Mehli

and a black hole sucking up the planet would make an astrophysicist cream their jeans but still be a tad alarmed for their nearest and dearest. Still not getting it?

I suppose I'm an optimistic nihilist

 

[Grrr...]

Understanding subtlety or reading subtext has never been an American attribute has it?

People who can communicate clearly and concisely dont have the need for constant "no no I meant THIS" statements. You are a clueless attention seeker.

 

[ShortForBob]

People who can communicate clearly and concisely dont have the need for constant "no no I meant THIS" statements. You are a clueless attention seeker.

I was actually referring to what our PM said, but, whatever you wish.
Perhaps I should type my posts in text shorthand and bypass nuance and subtilty and ask the admin to give us better emojis.



oops, that last bit should be read in purple, maybe.

 

[The Dark Knight]

Then you make shit up. I said nothing about the Prime Minister or other head of state. My comments solely address you, and your stupid blather.

Feel free to bash our PM.

Albo is nothing more than a politician, doing backroom deals to get the numbers that put him in the leadership position at the last election against a government who was unappealing to even it's supporters.

Albo has shown NO leadership qualities in the year he has been in power and his government is like rabbits in a spotlight when it comes to dealing with the problems facing the Australian economy and population. The just dont have a clue at a time when we need fresh ideas.

Right now we are 100% relying on our reserve bank to raise interest rates to tackle inflation. That approach was fine in the past, but the causes of inflation are very different now and a different approach need which means albo and his government would need to take action and responsibility. We've already seen that Albo want the Reserve bank Governor to be his scapegoat so they will do nothing. Albos only focus is getting to the next election. Unfortunately the opposition is unelectable.

The speech in questions was written by script writers to give sound bites for Aussie media to give the impression to low IQ Albo supporters that he is important on the world stage.

 

[LB 15]

I dont want military guys in dialogue.

Well the owners of this site let you participate in conversations with adults. Anyway do you really, I mean honestly, really believe that anyone gives a fuck about what a uneducated cigarette smoking bored post menopausal housewife thinks?

 

[fboats]

Of course, but between reasonable people on both sides without a military mindset.

Ahhh, yes! Politicians will do a much better job solving the problem.

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

Ok, maybe you think Australia is insulated, but your economy is dependent on us right now.

If you think losing 40% of your wealth in a matter of months is cool, try asking the rest of the citizens in your nation if they are willing to suffer through it.

You might not be too pleased by their response. Think the pandemic was bad? Did you resent the loss of life and privileges it caused?

Multiply that fun by famine and riots.

Guys, Meli speaks for nobody but herself and Randumb.

The rest of us Aussies here have hung shit on her and her stupidities to the point where she has all of us on double-secret ignore in a pathetic attempt to stop the mockery.

She's not really an Aussie anyway, she's the offspring of a 10 pound Pom brought here as a child. We wish that had never happened.

FKT

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

Well the owners of this site let you participate in conversations with adults. Anyway do you really, I mean honestly, really believe that anyone gives a fuck about what a uneducated cigarette smoking bored post menopausal housewife thinks?

Well, let me know the first time that actually happens and then I'll give you my opinion. So far I don't need to worry about that vanishingly unlikely event. You'd have better success in teaching a pig to sing than Meli learning to think.

FKT

 

[spankoka]

Army people meet on a regular basis in the Joint Security Area between the two Koreas. Maybe the two Chinas should do the same.

 

[ShortForBob]

Army people meet on a regular basis in the Joint Security Area between the two Koreas. Maybe the two Chinas should do the same.

There is only one China.
Even the USA agrees on that.
If Texas secedes from the Union, will there be 2 USA's ?

Do you really want to join this club?

Belize, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Paraguay, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Eswatini and Tuvalu.