tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post7023755227098148280..comments2024-03-29T10:32:31.945+11:00Comments on loon pond: Day 37, and the pond celebrates the role of the reptiles and the leader of the opposition in the sorry submarines saga ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-67513760193790439142016-04-27T13:09:17.071+10:002016-04-27T13:09:17.071+10:00Thanks DW, levels and bevels and none of them stra...Thanks DW, levels and bevels and none of them straightdorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-6072911659958785612016-04-27T11:43:37.920+10:002016-04-27T11:43:37.920+10:00I think The New Statesman sums it up.
https://www...I think The New Statesman sums it up.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1EmlFLwbw4<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-17072833240341872862016-04-27T10:03:37.270+10:002016-04-27T10:03:37.270+10:00They're delusional if they think this is going...They're delusional if they think this is going to save Pyne & Williams at the next election.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346439743168875218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-29180069601784135622016-04-27T09:27:47.884+10:002016-04-27T09:27:47.884+10:00Hi Dorothy,
The whole submarine saga has more hid...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />The whole submarine saga has more hidden agendas, vested interests and political machinations than you could shake a stick at. With very few of them having anything whatsoever to do with defending Australia and here, for good measure, is another;<br /><br />Andrew Shearer was a senior diplomat who was number 2 at the Washington Embassy. Unfortunately whilst there he caught a nasty dose of Neo-Conitis and returned convinced China was a rising threat and that Australia should swing all its support behind Japan. <br /><br />He then became Abbott’s chief foreign affairs advisor and suddenly a beautiful friendship blossomed between Abbott and Shinzo Abe (who in turn was being encouraged by certain factions in the US to act more forcefully towards China).<br /><br />This horrified many at the Foreign Office and it would appear that by opting for a French sous-marin there has been a major realignment in foreign policy again. Something else that will annoy the del-cons.<br /><br />http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/01/28/abbott-turning-japanese-china-fuming-bishop-stuck-in-the-middle/<br /><br />DiddyWrote<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com