AUKUS is not just about the cost of a few submarines. It is the vortex sucking Australia into perpetual war on behalf of the superpower. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq 1, Iraq 2, Afghanistan … and now Iran?
Australia is at another “All the way with LBJ” moment … war or peace, in or out, AUKUS or independence.
For more, read “Queen’s Pawn to D4” by Rod Johnston.