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Australia to join U.S.-led defense effort in Strait of Hormuz
2019-08-21
[Jpost] Australia has agreed to a request from the United States to join a coalition of countries protecting oil tankers and cargo ships from threats posed by Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
in the Straits of Hormuz, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday.

"This destabilizing behavior is a threat to Australia's interests in the region," Morrison told a news conference.

"The government has decided that it is in Australia's national interest to work with our international partners to contribute. Our contribution will be limited in scope and it will be time-bound," he said

The Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported that Canberra would send frigates and surveillance aircraft to the region.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Ref#3: Perhaps this is why the Orange Man, Darth, and Pompeo are choking off their Walmart-Target lifelines.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-08-21 11:26  

#3  Australia, like many of their neighbors, is worried about Chinese ambitions. Maybe they figure that lending a hand now and getting some practice working with US forces will pay off later when push comes to shove in the South China Sea.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-08-21 11:01  

#2  Beijing called, they need their oil supply protected.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-08-21 08:16  

#1  Oz joined on the condition that their admiral could say shiz heard bad things about Trump at a cocktail party when she was in college.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-08-21 00:45  

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