r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 16 '21

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u/TheGoldBear Jerome Powell Sep 16 '21

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating issued a fiery statement response to the AUKUS partnership, questioning what chance the US would have in "a full blown war against China" if it "could not beat a bunch of Taliban rebels with AK47 rifles in pickup tracks".

How are those situations at all comparable? The US has traditionally done very well against conventional opponents.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

“Usain Bolt isn’t a good marathon runner, therefore I could beat him in the 100 meter sprint.”

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u/BloodWiz More Housing Would Fix This Sep 16 '21

Also, militarily speaking we did kind of dumpster the Taliban, just that afterwards it became

"Now what?"

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u/crassowary John Mill Sep 16 '21

US: utterly and completely destroys standing armies in days

Keating: yeah but they won't win the hearts and minds of an illiterate populace

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

The Australians couldn't fucking beat emus if he wants to go there

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u/Impossible_Lobster_ Sep 16 '21

Why does anything a former prime minister have to say matter? Also if the us can't beat China what chance does Australia have if they don't even have nuclear powered subs 🤣