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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.

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[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 35 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months 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

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 15 points 2 months ago (5 children)

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.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 months ago

What could Australia even do?

Fuck all, it's grandstanding.

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.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Maybe some vagin?

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[–] caboose2006@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That wet flog won’t do jack.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Would your prefer a potato?

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

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 ..

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 0 points 2 months ago

I’d prefer neither LibLab are the same shit.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

His advisor told him before the interview what the strongest possible action they could take is. It wasn't very strong.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Send a fucking plane full of snakes and spiders!