> I'm not sure that the US gives too many fucks about Australian public opinion ...

		FireBeyond on June 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.... > I'm not sure that the US gives too many fucks about Australian public opinion Public opinion, maybe. And not comparing the two in size, etc., but Australia holds a bit of a privileged place in terms of some of the US resources: Pine Gap and a lot of the classified NRO/NSA equipment, deep space and classified military satellite comms, and then one of the major relays / radio systems for US submarine communications.

We like to think this. But it's not true. There are other options for siting all of that stuff if Australia decided to grow a pair.