The average American doesn't know anything about geopolitics though. The average American adult has reading comprehension worse than their own 6th grade level, believes in angels and thinks the country was founded as a Christian theocracy (well, maybe this one isn't so wild).
When was this? I have an impression of something like this happening, but I don't know the story. Wasn't he also a visiting prof at Peking U or Tsinghua at one point (though I can't date it from google)? I also don't think he was as hawkish before as he is now, at least out in the open. I'm surprised he's not hiding it anymore.
Very true. Most of them don't know where Ukraine or Taiwan is on a map.
We can agree on that. I don't think the US cares about Australia's views. There is overall a severe lack of moderating voices around Washington, so I guess another one turning hostile doesn't move the needle. In the grand scheme of things, the US will only be subdued with hard power.
There is a severe lack of moderating voices because the US-China rivalry is structural. Its a you lose / I win scenario. US hegemony requires a weak China.
