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US already a winner in the 2022 Ukraine crisis

Opinion by Greg Ray February 25, 2022 At first blush I'm inclined to suggest that the US has already "won" in the Ukraine in 2022. That's if my assessment of its goals in the conflict are correct. And of course I may be wrong. The dominant media narrative may be right: that the whole thing is just a case of yet another mad tyrant trying to crush democracy because he hates freedom. My problem with accepting that at face value as the whole story is that I've lived for more than 50 years and watched various…

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Held to ransom by the 15 per cent

February 18, 2022 Opinion by Greg Ray Blame the 15 per cent. I’ve been told that’s about the percentage of people in our society who are actively pleased to discriminate against others, hate the idea of ever sharing anything outside of their immediate family and will keenly embrace the politics of cruelty so long as they think they will be on the safe side of the hobnailed boot, the pepper spray and the riot squad. It’s probably not really 15 per cent. Not to start with, anyway. It’s probably less than 10 per cent if your…

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The aged are politically expendable

February 6, 2022 Opinion by Greg Ray Imagine you were prime minister of Australia or premier of NSW. You had decided, for one reason or another, that you wanted to "let Covid rip" in your communities, presumably believing that the death toll and health consequences of that policy would not be as damaging as the economic cost of lockdowns and safety measures. I suggest that, equipped with the knowledge you had gained in your own country and overseas, you would have thought carefully about those of your citizens most vulnerable to the worst effects of the…

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