Does this mean that 80 years later the Marines are going to go back to The Canal?
Australia and New Zealand are more concerned with Covid...
It’s a military base at the end of a 6000 km supply line that runs through potentially hostile territory. Australia and New Zealand are not the ones who need to worry about being cut off.
US warns against China military presence in Solomon Islands
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4057335/posts
According to the White House statement, “Sogavare reiterated his specific assurances that there would be no military base, no long-term presence, and no power projection capability, as he has said publicly.”
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Seems to directly contradict - someone is lying or someone got the story wrong.
Give the Aussies nukes, and tell New Zealand to go to hell, they’re on their own.
China has made no secret that it views Australia as up for grabs...long term.
I dont know about Aussies but the PM of NZ would gladly toss the NZers necks to the Chinese boots ...
and many of them would thank her for the privilege ...
If war with China, a few nukes and the Solomon Islands are no longer a base. This is serious business and not to be done lightly or in haste. The Solomon Islands only have value to the Chinese in a conventional conflict. Otherwise they are a smoking radioactive ruin. War is ugly and should be avoided if possible. Otherwise, “Cry Havoc and Let Slip The Dogs of War.”
Block the US? Glass Island.
Wait, why does DC have any worry here. I thought every nation had a right to make alliances with anyone it wanted to?
They would both say just nuke the Chinese bastards if they occupy any of the islands in the region and be done with it!
Once again the Biden regime is caught sleeping. and unprepared. Too late, they are now desperately sending a couple of their state department idiots to the Solomons, for what reason who knows at this point. The horse out of the wide open barn door.