It is “intensely dangerous” Australia is not bolstering its military capabilities because we’ll be “very naked” if the United States loses interest in us, according to The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan.
“We are doing less for our own defence even as we do more with the Americans,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia.
“Now for the Americans to be more committed to our security, that’s obviously a good thing, it’s not the 800-pound gorilla in the room, it’s the 8,000-pound gorilla in the room.
“But America itself sometimes encourages unwittingly in its allies a kind of learned helplessness where you all become like the Afghan government.
“In the end, what you’re doing for your own defence is trying to engage the Americans and you’re not doing anything yourself.”
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