My God, I am sick of the virtue-signaling Fake Left. It’s fucking creepy. Crikey first:
Former PM Scott Morrison says we should sanction Chinese government officials for human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, just as we did to Putin-linked Russians. That’s according to his speech notes, The Australian ($) reports, ahead of an address in Tokyo today. Guardian Australia points out Morrison didn’t introduce sanctions against any Chinese officials when he was prime minister, which one might think was the moment to do it. He’ll also say a “benign and accommodating view of China” has “led the West to appease China’s ambitions”, namely military installations on islands in the South China Sea and turning a blind eye to human rights abuses. Our diplomatic freeze has thawed under the Labor government thanks to diplomatic efforts by Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and a lot of work behind the scenes, but Morrison took the credit. He says the dialogue started up again because “Australia took a strong stand”.
Speaking of a whole lot of hot air…
Morrison is right. He broke China. He tore the friendly mask off the CCP and took that to the G7.
All Penny Wong has done since is grovel.
More to the point, how is Morrison vs Wong the story and not the genocide in Xinjiang?
The obvious value system at work here is that being cosmo is a lot more important than stopping genocide.
And The Guardian:
The former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has accused the west of “appeasing” Beijing and has claimed credit for rallying other countries to “call out the bullying of the Chinese government”.
In a speech to be delivered at a conference in Tokyo on Friday, Morrison is also expected to urge the Albanese government to consider using Magnitsky-style targeted human rights sanctions laws to hold Chinese government officials accountable.
But Morrison did not introduce sanctions against any Chinese officials prior to leading the Coalition to its May 2022 election loss.
Is The Guardian piece a report or an opinion piece? Clearly, it is the former so why does it contain the throwaway observation at the end?
The Guardian can’t seriously be suggesting that the Morrison Government was not tough on the CCP. That it did not upset the bejesus out of Beijing. That it did not defend Australia against an unprecedented espionage, trade, diplomatic and rhetorical assault?
Morrison is a troglodyte but that does not take away from his China triumphs and authority.
The Scott Trust should disband the local iteration of The Guardian and start again.
