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Incident in Afghanistan
Aug 21^st, 2010 at 8:56am

AUSTRALIAN soldiers have been involved in an incident in Afghanistan.

Defence Minister John Faulkner will address the media at 10.30am (AEST) in Canberra.

A statement from Defence says the next of kin of those involved in the incident have been notified.

No further information is available at this time.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/australian-soldiers-in-afghanistan-incident/story-e6frfku0-1225908073007#ixzz0xBomxTl2

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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Incident in Afghanistan Reply #1 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 9:17am Next of Kin being contacted first How many more Australian must die for this pointless war Bring Them Home
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Equitist Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9632 NSW	Re: Incident in Afghanistan Reply #2 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 9:20am ____ wrote on Aug 21^st, 2010 at 9:17am: Next of Kin being contacted first How many more Australian must die for this pointless war Bring Them Home Hear, hear!
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Incident in Afghanistan Reply #3 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 9:49am 1. Yes, bring them home. 2. Then carpet bomb the place. 3. Then give 'em 3 months to show if they have grown a brain. 4. If not, 2 above. 5. Repeat until 3. is 'yes'
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Reply #4 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 10:01am

The only good reason for us to be in Afghanistan or the Middle East at all is if we're actually taking part in a strategic attempt to secure some critical resource (namely crude oil) or to destroy some adversary who attacked us. If we are attacked, the only appropriate response is a Roman one; entire cities suspected of harboring aggressors should be denuded of their mortals, and the skulls of the dead should be piled up into an enormous pyramid, sending a warning to all others that dare cross us. Authorities responsible for lending support to our enemies should simply be boiled alive. The Muslim world should be allowed to exist as it desires, and I have no interest in "nation building" or bringing it democracy, but if we are attacked by it we should respond like with like; in the most brutal and unforgiving manner imaginable.

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perceptions_now Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11694 Perth WA Gender:	Re: Incident in Afghanistan Reply #5 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 10:38am Two Australian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan yesterday, my thoughts are with their family & friends.
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Equitist Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9632 NSW	Re: Incident in Afghanistan Reply #6 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 10:50am perceptions_now wrote on Aug 21^st, 2010 at 10:38am: Two Australian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan yesterday, my thoughts are with their family & friends. Ditto! This is very sad news...
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Reply #7 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 11:11am

We're only there to protect American interests. It is part of the deal Howard signed with Bush et al.

The Russians who had a far more disciplined and aggressive army than us had to retreat, so where does that leave us. Stuck there for decades defending the interests of the multinationals.

The number of our troops dying are increasing rapidly - so how many Australians do we have to lose before the government of the day withdraws from this contract?

Obviously the western presence in Afghanistan hasn't improved living conditions or stopped the "enemies" - just the opposite - but the gas and oil pipelines have to go through regardless of the financial and human cost.

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Reply #8 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 11:39am

mantra wrote on Aug 21^st, 2010 at 11:11am:

We're only there to protect American interests. It is part of the deal Howard signed with Bush et al.

The Russians who had a far more disciplined and aggressive army than us had to retreat, so where does that leave us. Stuck there for decades defending the interests of the multinationals.

The number of our troops dying are increasing rapidly - so how many Australians do we have to lose before the government of the day withdraws from this contract?

Obviously the western presence in Afghanistan hasn't improved living conditions or stopped the "enemies" - just the opposite - but the gas and oil pipelines have to go through regardless of the financial and human cost.

In the big bad world, it`s called National survival.

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53201 At my desk.	Re: Incident in Afghanistan Reply #9 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 3:07pm Quote: We're only there to protect American interests. It is part of the deal Howard signed with Bush et al. I would like to think they are getting something out of it, like democracy.
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Equitist Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9632 NSW	Re: Incident in Afghanistan Reply #10 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 3:16pm True democracy comes from grassroots domestic uprising - and definitely not from a foreign invasion to install a proxy regime favoured by the invaders...
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53201 At my desk.	Re: Incident in Afghanistan Reply #11 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 3:21pm Democracy is rule by majority, nothing more. Grassrooting or not, it is still democracy.
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Reply #12 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 3:28pm

freediver wrote on Aug 21^st, 2010 at 3:21pm:

Democracy is rule by majority, nothing more. Grassrooting or not, it is still democracy.

Even by that definition, those waging the oxymoronic 'war on terror' do not appear to be empowering the peope nor facilitating rule by majority - nor is there much freedom of speech or press...

Certainly, Westerners are receiving a heavily pre-sanitised pro-Western propaganda version of events in the ME - and that is neither representative nor reflective of the true state of 'democracy' (or otherwise) in the ME...

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Reply #13 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 3:34pm

Western-led globalisation-cum-exploitation is at the root of most of the humanitarian and civil troubles around the world today - and, there is no hope for world peace and harmony, unless and until Western powermongers start to take responsibility for same (and start respecting the fundamental rights, resources and other interests of the peoples of Non-Western nations)...

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aikmann4 Gold Member Offline Posts: 2093 canberra	Re: Incident in Afghanistan Reply #14 - Aug 21^st, 2010 at 3:37pm I can't take your blather anymore. It makes me want to pull out my hair in frustration.
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