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[-] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 43 points 9 months ago

To be fair, ambassadors are often the last person to be told about going to war by their own leaders.

[-] Droechai@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago

Their jobs are way easier to perform when they don't know they are lying about their country's intentions, no need to mask or any personal morality qualms

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

vibrating phones alerted UN to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Watch video, one of the first sentences

“It was almost like you could hear vibrating phones on silent”

almost like

[-] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago

I might have to watch this documentary, looks good. Russian embassador got left out to dry lol

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So things would've somehow been better if the ambassador knew ahead of time?

Edit: not sure if you deleted your comment or what but you still won today's wrongest take so far.

this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2024
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