A World War I slogan in the Kaiser’s Germany proclaimed ‘When the bayonet goes in, it should hit steel, not schmalz — chicken fat.’
Currently, a Chinese bayonet is being pushed into Australia’s national polity, hitting high grade, premium butter. Having started with a spiteful, insulting tweet from China, Russia then took advantage to pile in with a tweet that also denigrated Australian Special Forces — completely ignoring their ignominious record in Afghanistan.
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