COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENCE

I see the inevitable has now happened, Australia is at war with 
Iran. Of course it's not called war, it's "collective 
self-defence". A bunch of undemocratic Arab countries we've never 
had much to do with since helping to kick Turks and Germans out of 
the land that became them in WWI were being attacked, because the 
Americans were using bases there to attack Iran. So of course we're 
now somehow defending ourselves by helping the Americans invade 
their attacker.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-10/speaking-plainly-if-australia-is-at-war-with-iran-government/106437946

Of course it's inevitable because our country is full of American 
bases too. They've probably already been running all sorts of drone 
warfare and surveillance missions that our government wouldn't even 
dare ask about from out in the desert at Pine Gap and places less 
infamous. In Trump's first term he seems to have started this ball 
rolling by withdrawing America from the "Joint Comprehensive Plan 
of Action" which limited Iranian nuclear weapons development in 
return for economic incentives. At the same time I was hoping that, 
with Trump suddenly at the helm, Aussie politicians might finally 
see the sense in untying us from the US military. But no, off we go 
again helping the Americans to secure and expand their oil 
interests abroad. Also helping Israel to fend off their ineveitably 
endless enemies, although I'm still mystified by how both sides of 
American policics seem to be at Israel's beck and call, now with us 
Aussies dragged along by the collar as well.

Sure it's just one Australian plane going over there for now, but I 
can't see this war staying in the air forever.

 - The Free Thinker.