Winston softens NZ for purchasing AUKUS hardware while trading our independent foreign policy for 3 Magic Military Industrial Complex Beans

Very defensive and grumpy speech from Winston as he continues to soften NZ on why he traded our independent foreign policy for 3 magic beans to the US military industrial complex.

Explaining why we would allow America to build a submarine base in Northland would be a hard sell for a country that last hosted American troops in World War II.

The recently passed massive US military aid bill provides a large budget for building bases around the South Pacific as the drums of war beat across the Indo-China theater.

Winston loves America almost as much as he loves himself, so when he entrusts Lange’s Legacy to him, for me it’s a bit like Fox in the Hen House, dressed in a big chicken costume armed with a submachine gun.

What was interesting is that he seemed to hold up the $3.5 billion for military hardware and suggested that these should be replaced with a new deal that ensures our equipment is compatible with AUKUS forces.

That was a surprising comment, because as far as I can see we are already working on that equipment. Is Winston proposing to dump those costs, freeing up billions for National and getting us a sweet deal on some AUKUS toys?

If so, wouldn’t that compatibility expect some blind loyalty in times of conflict?

Wouldn’t that be the downfall of an independent foreign policy?

Winston’s tone sounded as if it had been shaped by the TVNZ Poll. All the claims the right has convinced itself of since the election have all been called into question in the last 72 hours since the poll was released, and Winston is testing just how committed New Zealand is to its independent foreign policy.

He’s not crazy, Helen Clark has enormous respect and if she directly criticizes your position you back off.

Let’s see if a military base is Fast Tracked.

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