Australia to provide military support to Gulf states
www.abc.net.au
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirms the Australian Defence Force will deploy an E-7A Wedgetail aircraft to the Gulf to help protect and defend the region, providing long-range reconnaissance activity.

In short:

Australia will send a military aircraft and 85 ADF personnel to the United Arab Emirates to assist in the defence of Gulf nations that have been attacked by Iran.

They will be operational by the end of the week for an initial four-week period for the “collective self-defence of Gulf nations”.

What’s next?

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Iran’s attacks on neighbouring countries escalated overnight.

  • arbilp3@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    1 month ago

    No matter what euphemism is given to our action in the Gulf, we are taking sides. We’re taking the side of those who attacked and decapitated a sovereign nation unlawfully. Our actions will result in deaths, directly or indirectly, of many unarmed civilians because we are freeing up US/Israel aircraft to keep carpet bombing Iran. Same as sending F35 parts to Israel to be used on civilian Palestinians.

    We are now (unofficially) taking part in the Middle East War which some are already calling the start of WW3. Australian government, you are making this nation a future target without our consent.

    • eureka@aussie.zoneEnglish
      41·
      30 days ago

      Yep, sad to see us doubling down in this war.

      We’re taking the side of those who attacked and decapitated a sovereign nation unlawfully.

      I want to emphasise first that I’m not disagreeing with the comment in general: I really don’t understand how this buzzword appeal “unlawfully” has taken off and become normal in geopol discussion. What does a lawful decapitation attack look like? Are our historical invasions of certain countries good and “lawful”? Lawfulness is obviously not a measure of ethics or morality, just take a look around at all the legal corruption and exploitation around us.