Say What? The U.S. Will Punish Australia?

Hello everyone and welcome to Geopolitical Trends. My name is David Oualaalou. So good to be with you as always. United States warns Australia against joining a treaty banning nuclear weapon. Yeah, whoever thought? In this video, I am going to provide you some insights you might not find anywhere else because I am certain Western media is not going to cover this in great, great detail. So, but before I launch deeper into this, please make sure to subscribe and smash that notification button so you will be notified every time I upload a new video. And as I always say, thank you for your support. So here's the thing, United States is warning Australia. Now, if you are to look at this the first time, you're going to say to yourself, Well, they're allies. Why are they warning an ally? Second thing you're gonna be asking yourself is, is this a warning or is it a threat? Because if you look at a few years ago, the United States threatened Germany by imposing sanctions on Germany. This one has to do with Nord Stream 2 back then. I don't know if you recall this one or not, but, but here's the thing. The US Embassy in Canberra said, truly, this is what the statements coming out of the embassy. And I had the chance to read it. It says this, and I quote, I put this in quote, will not allow for the United States extended deterrence relationship, meaning with Australia. And the reason being because Australia falls under the nuclear umbrella of the US, providing security, that is. But apparently Australia wants to go the other direction now. So the Australian PM, Anthony Albanese, also known as Albo, and the Defense Minister Richard Marles, who said that Australia must make sure that Australia is not able to be a good nuclear steward, or rather, he wants Australia to be a good nuclear steward from cradle to grave. That is a heavy statement. I am certain there is, as we speak right now, there are phone calls between Washington and Canberra to force the defense minister to sort of reverse his standing. You know, I know what I know. That's how usually it works. So, so the US has warned Australia now against joining a landmark treaty banning nuclear weapons because the United States' argument is that the agreement could hamper defense arrangements between the United States and its allies. Well, which allies are we talking about in the, in, in that part of the world? Besides Australia, you're looking at Japan and South Korea. So, but here is the irony in all this, the surprising elements of it, or the wild card if you will, is that New Zealand, New Zealand is supporting Australia in this decision by saying, and let me get the quote here, by saying, uh, New Zealand is pleased to observe 'a positive shift,' end of quote, in Australia's position at the United Nations vote, because it was a vote on this in the UN, which was about a few weeks ago, except that it just coming up to the surface, you know. And New Zealand continues to say that it would of course welcome any new ratification as an important step to achieving a nuclear weapon-free world. Yeah, right, keep dreaming. You know, you look at some major countries with the massive nuclear weapons, including us, the United States, and Russia. You know, I mean, those people are just spewing sort of lies or whatever. Nobody's gonna get rid of their nuclear weapons. I mean, that would be suicide for all of them. And this is why It was surprising that Australia all of a sudden wants to take this stand. Whether they're gonna succeed or not is remain to be seen. So, and here's the thing, the comments follow Prime Minister Albanese's government saying that, well, they want to shift Australia's voting position, which means to support the treaty of banning nuclear weapons, including the United States support for— you remember last time when I mentioned about the US is preparing to send 6 B-52s, which are nuclear, uh, those will carry nuclear weapons? You know, all this is now contradicts what the United States wants to do versus what Australia is saying. It's a mess. But I guarantee you, behind closed doors, the US will certainly, will certainly press Australia because Australia is under the thumb of the US. Let's just say it straightforward. Sad to say it for the Aussies, the Australian people who have no say into what's going on. I just remember reading a comment from one of my viewers from Australia and he said the same thing. It's like, you know, we kind of have no say into what's going on. So, well, here is basically what the treaty is all about. The treaty is relatively— will impose a blanket ban on developing testing, stockpiling, using, or threatening to use nuclear weapons. Or even it goes as far as extending, even helping other countries to carry out such activities. I don't think it's gonna work, but the fact that the US is warning Australia, or I may use the term threatening Australia, it says a lot about who's in charge here, son. And the US argument is that the statement from the embassy said that, and I quote here, the treaty would not allow for the US extended deterrence relationship, okay, which are still necessary for international peace and security, end of quote. Well, I'm laughing out of, you know, the double standard here. We're saying one thing and doing another thing. I've always said this about American foreign policy. You can't be saying one thing and doing another because you will lose credibility on the global stage. This is exactly a reflection of, of that. And this is where I see Australia can do whatever, but they're gonna end up following what the US said. Well, here's the thing. The reference to Australia relying on America's— on American nuclear forces to deter any nuclear attack on Australia the so-called, as I mentioned earlier, a nuclear umbrella, even though Australia does not have any of its atomic weapons. But you need to keep in mind AUKUS, and you need to keep in mind the future deployment of the 6 B-52s. And the embassy continued— the US embassy that is in Canberra continued to say that the treaty is also risky because it reinforces divisions within the international community. Well, well, well, that statement has nothing to do with the reality. The international community, or the division within international community, it exists because of the failed foreign policies that some of us, we bear responsibility for. Other countries as well, like United Kingdom, like South Korea, like Japan, like Australia itself. So this is why I just don't see it coming because US will not let it. Let's just say it's straightforward. So, so even though New Zealand now is some sort of voicing its support for that, but New Zealand, you saw the video that I talked about the New Zealand wants to impose taxes on farmers. Well, because Jacinda Ardern, that the Prime Minister there was forced to make that decision because she was ordered to do so. So New Zealand carries no weight whatsoever. New Zealand will be doing what it's told to do. So, and this is why I keep going back to that point of sovereignty. I wanted to make this clear to you guys to understand. Sovereignty doesn't mean the country is sovereign and is independent in its policies. It might be sovereign on paper, Look at the examples of Canada, okay, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, and some countries in the EU. You got the idea. So, so the Australian Prime Minister Albanese has been involved in the advocacy against the nuclear weapons and has described them as the most destructive, inhumane, and indiscriminate weapons ever created. Well, yeah, if it is the case, how come your government, prior to being elected, agreed to AUKUS? And AUKUS is going to basically be deploying nuclear weapons to Australia. So you can just see it's for political reasons why you hear what you hear. And by the way, the treaty, this TPNW, stands for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. You know, and that one, basically the treaty has prohibited states, uh, parties from developing, testing, producing, manufacturing, acquiring, possessing, or stockpiling nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive devices. So the treaty as of today now has 91 signatories. 68 of that, of which have formally ratified it. So Australia didn't sign it yet, so it'll remain to be seen what they're gonna be doing moving forward. You know, I, I have my doubts, but again, uh, it's no surprise that the United States doesn't want Australia to join the ban treaty, but it will have to, even though the US saying they will have to respect outright to take a humanitarian stance against these weapons. Well, that's just a consumption of ink, no more, no less. So don't, don't fall for what the statements emanating from the embassies, whatever— those are just for domestic consumption, no more, no less. Because remember, Australia continues to pursue closer security and defense cooperation with the United States including plans to acquire nuclear-powered but conventionally armed submarines under the AUKUS agreement, which also includes the UK. So when you hear Albanese saying, saying whatever, you know, he's saying one thing on one hand and doing another on the other, because if it is the case, he should have banned this AUKUS agreement to begin with if he doesn't want a nuclear weapon on Australian soil. So that's to me what a good leader will do, because leadership, it matters when there are hard issues and hard decision or tough decisions that need to be made. It's not when only there is a good time, you know, because that's what leadership is tested during hard time, you know. So I doubt it, I have my doubts, but again, it's my personal opinion. We shall see where this is gonna lead to, and, and I'll be keeping an eye on it. So, but here's my question for you for today: Will Australia bow to US pressure and reverse course on the nuclear treaty? Let me repeat this: Will Australia bow to US pressure and reverse course on the nuclear treaty? Make sure to let me know what you think and leave me some comments there. So As always, uh, remember, geopolitics impacts your daily life in more ways than one. Till next time, guys. Bye-bye.