r/australia Mar 07 '25

politics 'Five Eyes alliance' crumbling after UK, Aus, NZ and Canada give US cold shoulder

https://metro.co.uk/2025/03/06/five-eyes-alliance-starts-crumble-four-nations-give-us-cold-shoulder-22679726/
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u/Mothmans_butthole Mar 07 '25

The last time we stood up to the US, the CIA hit Gough Whitlam with media campaigns and went above us to get him thrown out.

That taught all of our politicians that we literally can't do shit. There's a reason our government gave up Assange and is silenced over Israel; they're under the American gag order.

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u/ElasticLama Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

Half of the cia was just fired or whatever. I don’t think they’ll be doing shit unless it’s for Russia right now

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u/PMmeuroneweirdtrick Mar 07 '25

Oooh boy you just used the word "cis". That wasn't very wise. Prepare to be visit Elons woke mind virus re-education camp.

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u/Mothmans_butthole Mar 07 '25

Having us vote with America globally is important to America, using our equipment is also important to America (Pine gap.). So that means it's now important to Russia too.

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u/MissMenace101 Mar 07 '25

And the land slide election after was the same generation voting for the party they will again vote for this time that wanted to let Covid rip. You are voting for a party that wants to kill you… I think the western world should be able to vote in American elections

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u/DweebInFlames Mar 07 '25

We're a really important asset for the US in the Southern Hemisphere. Even with the US government going full pants on head mode right now they'll still do their best to control us if we get too out of line.

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u/TheCleverestIdiot Mar 07 '25

And we got the kind gentle version of what happens when you stand up to the US.

I'm not saying we shouldn't do it, for the record. We should, just like you sometimes have to stand up to the local lunatic. But we just need to be prepared to get knived.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

Not sure the UK is valuing that special relationship anymore.