Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday announced the government had agreed to send missiles and a surveillance plane (plus the dozens of military personnel required to operate it) to the region. While this request for help came from Gulf nations, not the US, the series of events that led to it being made are at least in part a consequence of Trump's decision to back Israel, bomb Iran and kill Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the previous weekend. Although it may sometimes appear the US president and his team are stumbling from one decision to the next or making things up as they go along, there is evidence that's not the case.
Author: Riley Stuart
Published at: 2026-03-14 23:38:00
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