killing.more.people.is.worse<p>I knew there'd be a step before! Most of the news makes it sound like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> are firing warning shots near <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> out of nowhere for no reason.</p><p>I knew it wasn't out of nowhere!!! </p><p>So now I've find the step before: the navies of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Straya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Straya</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Aotearoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aotearoa</span></a> went on a little date together through the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TaiwanStrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaiwanStrait</span></a> (translation <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> sent two naval vessels through the Taiwan Strait) and that's why China's navy is now posturing near us. But WHY??? What the bloody hell was the point of that!? Apparently we were escalating China's trolling us in the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SouthChinaSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthChinaSea</span></a></p><p>Are the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Aussie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aussie</span></a> military just blatantly baiting China to make China do something in response, so that then the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ADF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADF</span></a> can justify spending more of Australia's money on U.S.American weapons and have an excuse for following the goddamn yanks in to more long stupid pointless immoral imperial quagmires? <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ForeverWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeverWar</span></a> </p><p>I'm somewhat in favour of Australian supporting our neighbours in the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SouthChinaSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthChinaSea</span></a> but FFS stick a great big "not our problem" sticker on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> !</p><p>Taiwan have the same population as Australia and the same GDP, but Taiwan spend half as much on their military as we do. And our lavish <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/yanklapdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yanklapdog</span></a> force is increasingly aimed at a war in the goddamn North Pacific.</p><p>If Taiwan get attacked we should help refugees and give humanitarian aid. Democracy is nice but if we feel so strongly about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> we are LONG over due to dump the USA. Two political parties and zero chance for anyone else doesn't even do a plausible impersonation of a democracy!</p><p>If our navy want to do some self destructive political posturing we should go hang out for a bit in the Eastern Mediterranean, or maybe we could do something bloody constructive for a change and bring some food and medical supplies to Gaza ? "Sorry, this heavily armed ship was needed for the rough neighborhood, can we drop off this shipment of essential food and medical supplies?</p><p>I wish my country wasn't so embarrassing, but I suppose it could be a lot worse.</p><p>Where I heard about the step before <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/politics-now/what-is-china-doing-australia/104997576" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/listen/programs/pol</span><span class="invisible">itics-now/what-is-china-doing-australia/104997576</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/abcnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abcnews</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/abcaustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abcaustralia</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/auspol2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol2025</span></a> via <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/39coZKJVzs87LjCTXOaXcd?si=99-NlurxSxSAzffP8oj_4A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/episode/39coZ</span><span class="invisible">KJVzs87LjCTXOaXcd?si=99-NlurxSxSAzffP8oj_4A</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spotify</span></a> </p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kmpiw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kmpiw@mastodon.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@WesternPacific" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WesternPacific</span></a></span></p>