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12 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
The US empire staged a coup in Australia to oust PM Gough Whitlam in 1975 for insisting on Australian national sovereignty, then staged another one to oust Kevin Rudd in 2010 for being too friendly with China. US troops in Australia are therefore an illegitimate occupying force.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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Our national sovereignty has been stolen to turn us into a US military/intelligence asset; nothing more than a convenient stretch of land in the Indo-Pacific to prepare for war with China. We're a glorified airfield with kangaroos. That's why we've been powerless to save Assange.

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