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.
His advisor told him before the interview what the strongest possible action they could take is. It wasn’t very strong.
What could Australia even do? The article mentions Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 and how they kept relations with Russia through all of that. An Australian chap who voluntarily went to fight for Ukraine and got killed isn’t going to be able to conjure much reason to change that.
What’s important here is that the teacher was captured. And killing captured prisoners is a war crime. Australia is not talking about Australians dying on the field or getting captured, they are talking about Russia possibly executing a prisoner of war.
Yeah that’s what I’m not understanding. He voluntarily joined the foreign legion. If he was captured then tortured or executed that’s one thing. Tragic, but he knew the risks.
File a strongly worded letter with the department of filing strongly worded letters, and then send out a press packet saying they’ve done it.
What could Australia even do?
Fuck all, it’s grandstanding.
Send weapons.
send bobs too
Maybe some vagin?
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Corruption is a serious problem but it is a different problem. It is possible to help Ukraine without corruption. A bit of extra transparency would be a nice “fuck you” when fighting a very corrupt regime.
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Mate if you’ve been holding back helping the Ukrainians more until something like this has happened, theres something wrong with the your perception of this conflict.
Also that Melbourne School Teachers a true aussie hero.
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!
That’s diplomatic speak for, “We will go to war over this.” International diplomacy is nothing like you and I talking to one another.
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
That wet flog won’t do jack.
Would your prefer a potato?
I’d prefer neither LibLab are the same shit.
The potato would be arranging to send Australian prisoners to fight for the Russians, because nothing makes a potato happier than miserable people feeling more miserable. Don’t worry … he’s not a monster …
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Just send some emus to the front line 4head
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