Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
(AP photo)
It’s exactly what it sounds like:
Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop brokered the deal with the country during her weekend diplomatic mission to Iran. Bishop has called the agreement an “informal deal,” one that will particularly target Australian citizens traveling to Iraq and Syria to join IS.
“During my discussions with the national leadership here it was agreed that we could share intelligence,” Bishop said at a press conference in Tehran on Sunday. “We discussed the opportunities to share intelligence, information on who is in Iraq — clearly we want information on Australians and they agreed that they would be prepared to share intelligence.”
Did you know that Australians have fought alongside us in every war since WWII, including Vietnam and Iraq?
And now this.
It’s not really a betrayal or anything — Australia was, is, and will continue to be our friend. All they’ve done with this deal is made an accurate estimation of which country is the strong horse in the Middle East now.
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