The Julian Assange rejection should prompt Australia to make a new defence assessment

Our blind support for Ukraine has contributed to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to dying unnecessarily, in a war that could have been avoided.

The pushing forward of NATO across eastern Europe, and 'freedom of navigation' missions across the Taiwan Straits, are bringing military tensions unnecessarily to dangerous levels. What is this achieving? Only that the potential for nuclear war has never been so probable, since the 1950s.

These events should be reevaluated for the aggression they really are.

Still today, no one is talking about peace talks in Ukraine, or even talking to the Russia, except for China, which has tabled a peace plan.

The question that must be asked is what Australia doing, adding fuel to the fire, or genuinely seeking a safer future in the Indo-Pacific? An honest assessment is needed here.

It looks like Australia is a party to other agendas, than addressing the security and defence of the nation. This is an opportunity for Australia to dial back to what the nation really needs to do for itself.

Blinken may have presented Australia a time for a true self-realization. Its time to use it.