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Alleged writer and Crikey politics editor. These days mainly here for the greyhounds.

Canberra
crikey.com.au
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    1. Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane Jul 10

      Bernard Keane Retweeted Peter Phelps MLC

      This is the thing -- quite legit to call for a more independent foreign policy for Australia. But you have to accept it means more more military spending. So what taxes will you raise or spending will you cut to fund it?https://twitter.com/PeterPhelpsMLC/status/1016837597094526976 …

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      Peter Phelps MLCVerified account @PeterPhelpsMLC
      So: (a) need a larger military (b) accept Chinese hegemony (c) need a larger military (d) does he mean give more money to the UN, or have a more activist military presence? https://twitter.com/drbenjaminjones/status/1016591775480229889 …
      6 replies 5 retweets 6 likes
    2. Andrew Messenger‏ @MessengerAndrew Jul 10
      Replying to @BernardKeane

      NZ does quite well without a US alliance and a substantially smaller military

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      Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane Jul 10
      Replying to @MessengerAndrew

      and a large land mass and 25 million of its mates covering its western and northern flanks

      5:32 PM - 10 Jul 2018
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        2. Andrew Messenger‏ @MessengerAndrew Jul 10
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          I just don't see the credible threat that we're to spend multi-billions and subordinate ourselves to a foreign power to mitigate.

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        3. Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane Jul 10
          Replying to @MessengerAndrew

          It's there in the Defence white paper. "Remote" threat of military attack but vulnerability to regional stability. We've outsourced much of the maintenance of stability to the US. If we don't want that, we need something else to maintain credibility.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Phil Erskine‏ @phil_erskine Jul 10
          Replying to @BernardKeane @MessengerAndrew

          So more F35s give us 'credibility'? How about more spending on diplomacy and foreign aid?

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        5. Peter Blair‏ @illchangethis Jul 10
          Replying to @phil_erskine @korstraw and

          Or even some planes that fly in the rain.

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        6. Terry #NotABot Eureka‏ @korstraw Jul 10
          Replying to @illchangethis @phil_erskine and

          Will this help? ☔️

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        7. Peter Blair‏ @illchangethis Jul 10
          Replying to @korstraw @phil_erskine and

          As long as it stays up at 1000 km per hr.

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Andrew Messenger‏ @MessengerAndrew Jul 10
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          Full-on Chinese invasion: that's nuclear war, no two ways about it, with or without ANZUS. No way the US would let China do that. Look at their behavior RE Spratleys et al

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        1. Andrew Messenger‏ @MessengerAndrew Jul 10
          Replying to @BernardKeane

          What's the actual scenario that defence police is supposed to be preventing?

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