There needs to be a lot going on behind the scenes, to repair the damage done by our PM....................with his little blackmail speech.

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@azureline** wrote:

There needs to be a lot going on behind the scenes, to repair the damage done by our PM....................with his little blackmail speech.

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I think the PM was right and well within his rights to remind Indonesia of just what a good friend does for another friend. One hand washes the other in world politics and we all know it.

When it comes down to saving 2 Australians citizens from state sanctioned murder, if it was me I would be very grateful for the PM's hard work.

Indonesia needs to be reminded that what they are doing is inhumane and unacceptable. There is a ground swell of Indo's now openly against the state murdering people, from little things big things grow and we saw the reign of SBY who refused to kill any more prisoners even though he was a pro murder president in the beginning.

No leader wants to be remembered for being a killer, a murderer of their own people and others.

The security situation, spying by Aus, not that it was secret but when done by the ABC which

was egg on face reporting had a far more damaging effect than one comment by the PM.

We don't just provide aid in disasters, we (with the US) have trained their anti terror groups

that have since been so effective. 4 x Hercules Aircraft provided for free to Indonesia which

is a multi million $ gift.

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@azureline** wrote:

There needs to be a lot going on behind the scenes, to repair the damage done by our PM....................with his little blackmail speech.

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That appalling statement is a big part of the front bench unrest today.  He seems to be devoid of a diplomacy gene.  The rest of the government is simply scared that the next gaffe will cause more damage to our standing in the world..

"I think the PM was right and well within his rights to remind Indonesia of just what a good friend does for another friend."

Do you remind your good friends how you expect  them to behave?... would love to be a fly on the wall during the

exchange...and after when your good friend relays  your expectations to other good friends...maybe you need a

friend"contract"... to get the deal set straight first up...saves all the misunderstanding

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

There needs to be a lot going on behind the scenes, to repair the damage done by our PM....................with his little blackmail speech.

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That appalling statement is a big part of the front bench unrest today.  He seems to be devoid of a diplomacy gene.  The rest of the government is simply scared that the next gaffe will cause more damage to our standing in the world..

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Appalling statement??? he was doing what is expected of him, everything in his power to save 2 Australians citizens from the firing squad.

Your partisan comment on this thread, which is a very emotive issue, is the only appalling comment I see.

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@azureline** wrote:

There needs to be a lot going on behind the scenes, to repair the damage done by our PM....................with his little blackmail speech.

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   I agree.  I bet our PM was an embarassment to Aus yet again.

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

There needs to be a lot going on behind the scenes, to repair the damage done by our PM....................with his little blackmail speech.

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That appalling statement is a big part of the front bench unrest today.  He seems to be devoid of a diplomacy gene.  The rest of the government is simply scared that the next gaffe will cause more damage to our standing in the world..

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off topic. Please try to keep to the very grave subject and not inject leftist bias for the Prime Minister into what is a very serious topic

Oh, look, everyone else of note agrees with me.    How strange.     

Abbott was not doing what was expected of him, and Bishop has tried without success to undo the damage.  Indonesia is extremely angry.

How do you think that bodes for the two men?  You are obviously horrified at the coming deaths, and should be appalled at Abbott's language.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Prime Minister Tony Abbott's comments linking Australia's tsunami aid with a clemency bid for the two Australians on death row in Bali were seen as unhelpful by the Indonesian government.

Ms Bishop confirmed she spoke with Indonesian Vice President Kalla after Mr Abbott's comments to stress the Prime Minister "did not intend" to link Australia's tsunami relief with the bid to spare the lives of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumar....

"It was widely thought that the Prime Minister linking the tsunami aid to the clemency bid was unhelpful last week. Was it?" asked the ABC's Michael Brissenden.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/bali-nine-julie-bishop-concedes-tony-abbotts-t...

Angry Indonesians have compared Tony Abbott to Shylock, the moneylender in The Merchant of Venice who demanded a pound of flesh when his rival defaulted on a loan.

"Australians need a prime minister, not a Shylock and drug dealer's cousin," a banner said at a protest held on car-free Sunday at Jakarta's famous Hotel Indonesia roundabout.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/bali-nine-executions-tony-abbott-compared-to-shylock-in-campaign-to-repa...