61% of Australians favor sending navy to prevent Chinese blockade of Taiwan: Lowy Institute poll
61% of Australians favor sending navy to prevent Chinese blockade of Taiwan: Lowy Institute poll
64% of respondents favor 'Australia sending arms and military supplies to the Taiwanese government' | 2023-06-21 13:35:00
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61% of Australians don't realise that our Navy will have no meaningful impact.
Would be better of banning exports of coal and iron ore to China, but that would hurt the megga proffits of our mining magnates and we can't have that.
Maybe not on their own, but even in a support roll they can free up US, Japanese and Korean assets. And its often better to keep supply chains open so you have something to cut off later if needed. The whole goal here is to prevent or delay conflict by making a potential attack too costly to risk.
I mean you're really making a straw man there. If they invaded I'm sure there would be sanctions but you're complaining about something that hasn't happened
I disagree that it would have no impact. Countries don't attack other countries lightly. Even if China's military is vastly stronger, they're not gonna flippantly attack a country that has as many allies as Australia. China isn't that stupid.