{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6461aa4dcd2b40001119e5eb/67ce6ee3ffae9c0f4ef2fa42?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 84","description":"<p>Due to the complete betrayal of Ukraine by the US, the security situation for the western world – including Australia – is worsening.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>However, you wouldn’t know that here with complete political and media indifference with people preferring to focus on the weather situation in Queensland.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This is appalling parochialism and is ignoring the reality that the cherished “special relationship” with Washington is over.&nbsp;It’s finished.&nbsp;The US is no longer a reliable ally because the President is acting as if he is a Russian asset.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>What we are witnessing is a modern-day version of the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939, which divided Eastern Europe up between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union – except this time it’s Russia and the US deciding the future of Ukraine and other countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>It’s disgusting – and now Canada is also receiving treatment from the US that their Prime Minister believes is part of an attempt to turn it into the 51st US state.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This isn’t a joke, and Australians need to wake up.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Our government needs to overcome its terror of upsetting the US and show some backbone on behalf of our friends and allies.&nbsp;We have leverage and should not be afraid to use it.</p>","author_name":"APDR"}