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Braveheart re-emerges in Fiji

By Stuart Ballantyne - posted Tuesday, 1 August 2023


As you might expect, China's record of making inroads into south west Pacific Nations has been, a "wok in the pak".

Ask yourself, is Australia addressing key issues of skills training, taking trucks off the coastal roads, reducing our burgeoning road congestion, road deaths and accidents, and having ourselves prepared for addressing defence and emergency ? Watch this short youtube https://youtu.be/WoMDx_IVITY

Or are we too stupid by spending trillions on renewables and allowing this gargantuan misallocation of industrial scale capital to weaken our nation to achieve anything sensible, including defending ourselves. ?

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Or are we too stupid by focusing the whole nation on creating yet another level of aboriginal bureaucracy ?

In a clean sheet national scenario, to protect your nation from the 2023/24 impending threats, you as head of the committee selecting a leader, would you pick a Davos-trained ex bureaucrat ex PM like Jacinda Ardern, or an ex PR and ex PM like Scott Morrison?, or the tepid UN focused Anthony Albanese?, or Sitiveni Rabuka, a trained soldier who understands emergency situations and how to tackle a variety of adversaries and obstacles ?

As we all saw in the movie Braveheart, when faced with overwhelming odds and political risks, we need leaders with experience, courage and practical wisdom for their nation.

We need bold, experienced leaders with resolve and passion for their nation like Rabuka all around our region and I congratulate the Fijian people for making a good choice, I only wish he was ours.

 

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