AUSTRALIA PERSPECTIVE
IRAN-HORMUZ STALEMATE: TEHRAN COURTS MOSCOW WHILE TRUMP WAITS FOR A PHONE CALL
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DOMINANT ANGLE
Canberra seeks fuel supplies while Sydney diagnoses the 'most aimless major war in modern history'
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
ANALYSIS
The Sydney Morning Herald publishes a scathing opinion from retired Australian Major General Mick Ryan, who compares Trump's Iran campaign to the disastrous Dardanelles operation — 'the most aimless major war in modern history.' Trump declared victory after two weeks, but nine weeks in, the US administration has no interlocutor to negotiate with, Iranian diplomats having left Islamabad before US envoys arrived. ABC Australia tracks Foreign Minister Penny Wong's emergency North Asia tour to secure Australia's fuel supplies, beginning in Tokyo — Japan committed to maintaining its regular fuel deliveries to Canberra. Australia, a major natural gas exporter, is doubly exposed: as a consumer of Gulf oil and as a supplier to Japan, which depends on the Middle East for crude oil.
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