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An Aussie doctor, Lisa Pryor, wrote an op-ed in today's NYTimes, very sad for what Trumpsky has been up to:
"...befriending President Putin, disregarding climate change and refusing daily intelligence briefings --because he’s 'a smart person.' None of this, we fear, will end well for any of us.
"And here we Australians are on the edge of Asia, a small and loyal ally...
"We feel worried, lucky -- and alone.
[Recently] Australia’s Department of Defense [ADOD] outlined the long-term outlook for our defense and security, emphasizing that the relationship between the United States and China.
When [ADOD's] Lowy Institute for International Policy surveyed Australians two years ago about whether the US or China was the more important partner, the US led by 11 percentage points. This year there was a tie. The drift was more marked among Australians under 45, most [sic!] of whom named China.
"...This distancing is already being discussed. While Australia’s right-wing politicians have taken the most disheartening lesson from the election -- Mr. Trump won, so be like Mr. Trump -- former prime minister Paul Keating, questioned Australia’s deference to the United States: 'This society of ours is a better society than the US,' he said. 'It’s more even, it’s more fair. We’ve had a 50-percent increase in real incomes in the last 20 years...' [The US lags!]
"Whatever happens, it will not dull my affection for the American people and the best of American culture. I was not raised in America, but I was raised in the American century. I am not yet ready to say goodbye."
Lisa Pryor, a medical doctor, is the author, most recently, of “A Small Book About Drugs.”
"...befriending President Putin, disregarding climate change and refusing daily intelligence briefings --because he’s 'a smart person.' None of this, we fear, will end well for any of us.
"And here we Australians are on the edge of Asia, a small and loyal ally...
"We feel worried, lucky -- and alone.
[Recently] Australia’s Department of Defense [ADOD] outlined the long-term outlook for our defense and security, emphasizing that the relationship between the United States and China.
When [ADOD's] Lowy Institute for International Policy surveyed Australians two years ago about whether the US or China was the more important partner, the US led by 11 percentage points. This year there was a tie. The drift was more marked among Australians under 45, most [sic!] of whom named China.
"...This distancing is already being discussed. While Australia’s right-wing politicians have taken the most disheartening lesson from the election -- Mr. Trump won, so be like Mr. Trump -- former prime minister Paul Keating, questioned Australia’s deference to the United States: 'This society of ours is a better society than the US,' he said. 'It’s more even, it’s more fair. We’ve had a 50-percent increase in real incomes in the last 20 years...' [The US lags!]
"Whatever happens, it will not dull my affection for the American people and the best of American culture. I was not raised in America, but I was raised in the American century. I am not yet ready to say goodbye."
Lisa Pryor, a medical doctor, is the author, most recently, of “A Small Book About Drugs.”