Wednesday, September 23, 2015

New DM starting...

Yeah well...

..."Defence White Paper – the government's 20 year vision for defence which comes with a $300 billion plus weapons wishlist. " Rort.

There, fixed it.

I feel sorry for the new Defence Minister.

"...she paid tribute to Defence Force personnel now taking up the fight against Islamic State/Daesh."

Which can't be solved by bombing-only. In other words, our part of the air campaign there is a wasted exercise.

"Senator Payne said among her first tasks would be travelling to the US with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop for talks with US counterparts Secretary of State John Kerry and Defence Secretary Ashton Carter."

Don't expect much. Carter and even more so, Kerry, are at the shallow end of the pool when it comes to warfighting solutions.



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