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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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[–] willie1foot@theblower.au 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

@arbilp3 Good. I hope they (diplomatically of course) said ‘Fuck off. You started it; you can finish it.’

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"You've already won and Hegseth said not to worry about the strait. You're so big and powerful, we're sure you don't need our help."

[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm sure they could manage a bit of doublespeak Stewart. .

[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I disagree with that sentiment, I think we should send our finest nuclear submarines.

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Thank you Australia for not being the USA's lapdog for once!

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

I hope they are not lying

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 2 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)
[–] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

I just hope the US doesn't overthrow the aus govt again

Pine Gap shouldnt exist