Twofold Bay: My Opinion

Day 669, 15:12 • Published in Australia Philippines • by Keegan Knoll

Hello Australia,

In the past couple of days, there has been a massive amount of discussion over the potential of starting a war with Indonesia, and regaining Western Australia. Now, since I've finally settled down and chosen a home country in Australia, I suppose that it's high-time I started voicing my opinion on political matters.

The situation in Western Australia is not a simple decision. Personally, I'd like nothing more than to tell everyone, "Let's go, tear down Indo's occupation brick by brick!" or to otherwise say the same thing in a wittier manner that I can't think of at the moment. Unfortunately, in my way is an important question: Could we actually do it?

And even more unfortunately, the answer to that question, at least in my opinion, is no. Or at least not yet. Are we getting closer? Yes. But we are not there yet.

Obviously, there is no way to do it alone. In order to do so, we would have to make alliances with Indonesia's enemies. And, as a USA-born citizen, I would certainly like Australia to have an alliance with the US. As long as it benefited the country. And, as of now, it probably won't. The USA and her allies are currently still fighting a long, drawn out battle, and who knows how long it will take? The US wouldn't be able to help us enough to win West Australia, and hold all of our regions, without the possibility of losing ground in their war at home. Therefore, I believe that we need to wait, and keep our eyes open, for that perfect opportunity.

So sit tight, Australia. The West will still be there when the time comes.