Asia Pacific Defence Reporter10 Maalis 2025

Episode 84

Due to the complete betrayal of Ukraine by the US, the security situation for the western world – including Australia – is worsening.

However, you wouldn’t know that here with complete political and media indifference with people preferring to focus on the weather situation in Queensland.

This is appalling parochialism and is ignoring the reality that the cherished “special relationship” with Washington is over. It’s finished. The US is no longer a reliable ally because the President is acting as if he is a Russian asset.

What we are witnessing is a modern-day version of the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939, which divided Eastern Europe up between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union – except this time it’s Russia and the US deciding the future of Ukraine and other countries.

It’s disgusting – and now Canada is also receiving treatment from the US that their Prime Minister believes is part of an attempt to turn it into the 51st US state.

This isn’t a joke, and Australians need to wake up.

Our government needs to overcome its terror of upsetting the US and show some backbone on behalf of our friends and allies. We have leverage and should not be afraid to use it.

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