Posted on 10/22/2014 12:14:59 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
“Skirt-fronting” could well become the new buzz word in international diplomacy
The possibility of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott shirt-fronting Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Brisbane next month over the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH 17 in Ukrainian sovereign territory with the loss of all on board - including 38 Australians - has receded following Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s 25 minute meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the Asian Europe Summit held in Milan this week.
Abbott had vowed:
“I’m going to shirtfront Mr Putin. I am going to be saying to Mr Putin Australians were murdered. There’ll be a lot of tough conversations with Russia and I suspect the conversation I have with Mr Putin will be the toughest conversation of all.”
“Shirtfront” is an Australian slang term used in Australian Rules football to describe;
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Why do you say skirt-fronting when the article says shirt-fronting? Makes no sense.
read to the bottom of the article - they’re saying skirt fronting to reflect the foreign minister for the Aussies is a lady who’s charging ahead as well
Good question. No answer given, so far.
So, they’re going to put a kilt on him?
Oh okay, Julie Bishop is the skirt. Got it.
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