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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	$43 Billion : Afghanistan Or Broadband Sep 29^th, 2010 at 10:59pm What is a better spend ... $43 Billion on the Afghan War, or $43 Billion on broadband infrastructure?
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Binary Ninja Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 460	Re: $43 Billion : Afghanistan Or Broadband Reply #1 - Sep 29^th, 2010 at 11:08pm What does the war do for this country ... We already have a defense budget yes it should be more but we still need the NBN to future proof our economy for the digital age
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: $43 Billion : Afghanistan Or Broadband Reply #2 - Sep 29^th, 2010 at 11:19pm Yes Liberals are pro spending billions on propping up a undemocratic government in Afghanistan ... yet woe be tied if money is spent on Australian infrastructure.
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Reply #3 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 6:41am

____ wrote on Sep 29^th, 2010 at 11:19pm:

Yes Liberals are pro spending billions on propping up a undemocratic government in Afghanistan ... yet woe be tied if money is spent on Australian infrastructure.

Maybe they just reason that infrastructure is boring, and the people don't deserve it, whereas war is the Great American way and we must follow their lead where others have turned their backs and gone home to wherever they belong.

Tony might be aiming for a peace prize like Obama ha ha, or maybe Gillard will get it this year if our soldiers kill enough people.

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"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." Hendrix
andrei said: Great isn't it? Seeing boatloads of what is nothing more than human garbage turn up.....

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Reply #4 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 7:28am

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 6:41am:

____ wrote on Sep 29^th, 2010 at 11:19pm:

Yes Liberals are pro spending billions on propping up a undemocratic government in Afghanistan ... yet woe be tied if money is spent on Australian infrastructure.

Maybe they just reason that infrastructure is boring, and the people don't deserve it, whereas war is the Great American way and we must follow their lead where others have turned their backs and gone home to wherever they belong.

Tony might be aiming for a peace prize like Obama ha ha, or maybe Gillard will get it this year if our soldiers kill enough people.

great thinking lefties great thinking......

yes let the terrorists take a punt on aussie soil and see the reaction then..

sounds daft I know.. but having lived in London during the blitz.albet very young.. I can assure you I would rather a war took place in someone elses country than the one I am living in.. selfish to the core thats me..

if you choose to wait till they are on your doorstep so be it.like a flood, when you put down the sandbags it only stops it for a while then it gets harder.. if you are of the mind that we would never ever be attacked.. you are sillier than I give you credit for.if they would attack America I can assure you they have no fear of us.

however spend your money on NBN.. thats what they are doing anyway.. a very rich man said on TV this morning we are crazy spending $7000 per household on broadband.. and he made all his money on communications... it isnt the money with me its the WASTE.

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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: $43 Billion : Afghanistan Or Broadband Reply #5 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 7:33am So does the $43 Billion Australia is throwing at the Afghan war, guarantee terrorism will be defeated codswal? Or is it a stop gap measure to keep the war machine cashed up.
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Reply #6 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 7:39am

____ wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 7:33am:

So does the $43 Billion Australia is throwing at the Afghan war, guarantee terrorism will be defeated codswal?

Or is it a stop gap measure to keep the war machine cashed up.

$43 bil is a tad of an exaggeration isn't it, considering the entire defence budget is $22 bil /year.

I'd rather we give the terrorist a red hot ring kicking in their own territory rather than wait until they decide to move into ours and start the killing.

No-one expects you to make any effort to defend or support this country, so I don't see what your problem is; is your gay porn not downloading fast enough?

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Reply #7 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 7:59am

So we are throwing Billions on a war that :

- supports an undemocratic government
- supports the trade in illegal drugs
- united two different muslim groups, who are natural enemies, so they can together unite the west.

Along with just peddle and get no where while other coalition partners like the UK and the USA plan their withdrawal. Will Australia carry on the war once these two countries admit defeat and cut and run?

The $43 Billion on the Afghanistan War that the west has lost because of gung ho attitude of the warmongers who would rather destroy young Australian soldier's lives, than use there brains to counter the fundamental groups in non violent ways.

Verses the investment into the national broadband roll out.

Which is a better spend?

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Reply #8 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:04am

____ wrote on Sep 29^th, 2010 at 11:19pm:

Yes Liberals are pro spending billions on propping up a undemocratic government in Afghanistan ... yet woe be tied if money is spent on Australian infrastructure.

The ALP backed this war at the time, and have continued to do so throughout the entire campaign.

Nice try, but your throw away one liner attacks at the Liberal party are pathetic. Look in your own back yard, your bed buddies the ALP are just as guilty for partaking in this war.

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Reply #9 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:10am

Verge wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:04am:

____ wrote on Sep 29^th, 2010 at 11:19pm:

Yes Liberals are pro spending billions on propping up a undemocratic government in Afghanistan ... yet woe be tied if money is spent on Australian infrastructure.

The ALP backed this war at the time, and have continued to do so throughout the entire campaign.

Nice try, but your throw away one liner attacks at the Liberal party are pathetic. Look in your own back yard, your bed buddies the ALP are just as guilty for partaking in this war.

ALP are not opposed to investing in broadband infrastructure ... the coalition is.

So the Afghan War $43 Billion V Broadband Infrastructure Rollout question can not be asked of Labor. because they support both.

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Reply #10 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:13am

____ wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:10am:

Verge wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:04am:

____ wrote on Sep 29^th, 2010 at 11:19pm:

Yes Liberals are pro spending billions on propping up a undemocratic government in Afghanistan ... yet woe be tied if money is spent on Australian infrastructure.

The ALP backed this war at the time, and have continued to do so throughout the entire campaign.

Nice try, but your throw away one liner attacks at the Liberal party are pathetic. Look in your own back yard, your bed buddies the ALP are just as guilty for partaking in this war.

ALP are not opposed to investing in broadband infrastructure ... the coalition is.

So the Afghan War $43 Billion V Broadband Infrastructure Rollout question can not be asked of Labor. because they support both.

So why are you even drawing comparisions between the two.

Typical woody, diversion tactics at their best.

The greens, anti Australia, anti wealth and anti prosperity.

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Reply #11 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:19am

Verge wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:13am:

____ wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:10am:

Verge wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:04am:

____ wrote on Sep 29^th, 2010 at 11:19pm:

Yes Liberals are pro spending billions on propping up a undemocratic government in Afghanistan ... yet woe be tied if money is spent on Australian infrastructure.

The ALP backed this war at the time, and have continued to do so throughout the entire campaign.

Nice try, but your throw away one liner attacks at the Liberal party are pathetic. Look in your own back yard, your bed buddies the ALP are just as guilty for partaking in this war.

ALP are not opposed to investing in broadband infrastructure ... the coalition is.

So the Afghan War $43 Billion V Broadband Infrastructure Rollout question can not be asked of Labor. because they support both.

So why are you even drawing comparisions between the two.

Typical woody, diversion tactics at their best.

The greens, anti Australia, anti wealth and anti prosperity.

Liberals // Nationals support wasting $43 billion on a lost Afghan War ... and oppose $43 billion on Broadband infrastructure.

Rather than try and deflect on Greens, or Labor, how about you guys justify your illogical position.

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Reply #12 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:24am

____ wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:19am:

Verge wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:13am:

____ wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:10am:

Verge wrote on Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:04am:

____ wrote on Sep 29^th, 2010 at 11:19pm:

Yes Liberals are pro spending billions on propping up a undemocratic government in Afghanistan ... yet woe be tied if money is spent on Australian infrastructure.

The ALP backed this war at the time, and have continued to do so throughout the entire campaign.

Nice try, but your throw away one liner attacks at the Liberal party are pathetic. Look in your own back yard, your bed buddies the ALP are just as guilty for partaking in this war.

ALP are not opposed to investing in broadband infrastructure ... the coalition is.

So the Afghan War $43 Billion V Broadband Infrastructure Rollout question can not be asked of Labor. because they support both.

So why are you even drawing comparisions between the two.

Typical woody, diversion tactics at their best.

The greens, anti Australia, anti wealth and anti prosperity.

Liberals // Nationals support wasting $43 billion on a lost Afghan War ... and oppose $43 billion on Broadband infrastructure.

Rather than try and deflect on Greens, or Labor, how about you guys justify your illogical position.

Yawn, you are trying to justify the expense of one by highlighting another, it wreaks of desperation, much like the GALP.

The greens support bringing down the mining industry with injects BILLIONS of dollars this country in wages, payroll tax, company tax, royalities and jobs, yet the greens want no mines in australia.

How can you support a $43b project, yet you want to cripple and finish a trillion dollar industry?

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Reply #13 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:32am

Once again the coalition cheer squad have been revealed as a spent force. They support the waste of Australian life and limb on a lost war.

They have no exit strategy from Afghanistan so the $43 Billion will grow.

They have not committed to taking over the rolls of America or the UK, when these countries cut and run.

and on the broadband roll out, they oppose investing in Australia and Australians.

So why can't the coalition cheer squad put up a rational explanation of this contradiction ... is it because they are all unbalanced ... politically and in other ways !!!

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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: $43 Billion : Afghanistan Or Broadband Reply #14 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 8:34am And once again ... what does the GALP mean? or do you not understand the difference between an alliance and a coalition?
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