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Australia says no to sending ships to strait of Hormuz as Trump increases pressure (www.theguardian.com)
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I hope our govt keeps saying no. We'd be risking lives. Israel and the US create the problem and than expect others to come and solve it. They'd been warned this would happen but they went ahead and bombed Iran.

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There was a submarine surfacing in Sydney harbour the other day, we definitely not doing nothing

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Might just be patrolling, or putting in an appearance to make people 'feel safe' during uncertain times, and justify our $368 billion being pissed away.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nah that was the Japanese again.