Abbott/Trunbull/Morrison and America;s Cold War took us to war against Vietnam. Now they are asking Australians to sacrify their relationships in the Pacific again. (ODT)

Key points:

Scott Morrison hasn’t been able to secure a bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping
He has however been invited to a state dinner with US President Donald Trump
The failure to net a bilateral meeting with Mr Xi stems from Australia and China’s icy relations

via Despite being PM for more than a year, Scott Morrison has never been invited to China — why? – Politics – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Making Australia the American Base and Target in the region and have us pay for it.(ODT)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wants us to join with the U.S. in tackling the problems which Donald Trump created with Iran and presumably to soften us up to host missiles to protect the U.S. marines and port facilities in Darwin, writes John Menadue.

U.S. and Australia — joined at the hip