Anthony Albanese transforms into Deputy Sheriff John Howard

“We have long been aware that Iran’s nuclear program is a threat to global peace and security,” Anthony Albanese said in a statement yesterday.

“With our international partners, including the United States and the G7, we called on the Iranian regime to support the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Iranian citizens. Unfortunately, these calls were ignored and action was taken.”

Followers of the prime ministerial rhetoric will note the passive voice in which the consequences and their authors are parsed, in a way familiar to those paying attention to Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians: famine and massacres are things that no one caused, that just seem to happen.