Originally Posted by
JustinHeywood
Very true, but not too many realistic AUKUS candidates in our corner of the Pacific though. Ultimately it is surely about building real military capacity down here, not another feel-good, all-inclusive but toothless confederation. Realpolitik.
I personally find it a bit sad that New Zealand seems to have drifted so far away - they have been a valued and trusted ally for so long. In the past it would have been a given that NZ would be in that acronym somewhere. How do most Australians feel about it?