Rapid and precise responses are demanded but publicly displaying genuine empathy and leading public grieving is just as critical for world leaders, including Tony AbbottThe missile attack on the Malaysian passenger jet that has killed 298 people carries the type of broad-reaching and deleterious global implications that have stemmed from the very worst of recent terror crimes.It was an Asian plane. It flew out of Holland bound for Malaysia. It was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, perhaps by a Russian missile. So far the confirmed dead include Dutch, Australians, British, Germans, Malaysians and Filipinos.This is a grim, grim …read more
Source: The Guardian
