Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to take the “strongest possible action” against Russia if it is confirmed that Russian forces killed a Melbourne school teacher in their captivity in Ukraine.

  • @BananaTrifleViolin
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    211 month ago

    Empty rhetoric just makes him look weak. “strongest possible action” is meaningless. He’s tried to sound tough but by saying nothing he comes across as disingenuous. And politicians wonder why people hate them!

    • @shalafi
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      01 month ago

      That’s diplomatic speak for, “We will go to war over this.” International diplomacy is nothing like you and I talking to one another.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 month ago

        We won’t go to war over this.

        We will threaten to add sanctions and that’s it.

        It took us a year and a half to send bushmasters that we were retiring