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Politics of war: another digger killed overnight
Feb 20^th, 2011 at 10:37am

My thoughts are with the family and other loved ones and friends of this 21 year old digger - but I lament that our LibLab pollies ever put him and his colleagues/comrades in harms way in the first instance...

My thoughts are also with the people of Afghanistan and Iraq, who continue to suffer horrific and grave circumstances on a daily basis, for the political benefit of the fossil fools who continue to fund and fuel their oxymoronic 'War on Terror'...

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Reply #2 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 10:41am

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Politics of war: another digger killed overnight Reply #3 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:13pm you are no more sorry than the insurgents that killed him. otherwise this wouldnt be in the politicians suck forum.. you are a political prostitute..using another soldiers death for your abominable political point scoring..
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Reply #4 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:15pm

cods wrote on Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:13pm:

you are no more sorry than the insurgents that killed him. otherwise this wouldnt be in the politicians suck forum..

you are a political prostitute..using another soldiers death for your abominable political point scoring..

Hello kettle - glad to see you single me out instead of the serial pot-stirrers on your side of the growing political divide - not! Roll Eyes

I am genuinely sorry and saddened - but weren't you one of those who were vocally blaming Lab policies for the mass-drownings of 'boat people' over the past few days!? Roll Eyes

No matter how much you wish it, you can't get away with not wanting to deal with politics both ways, Cods...

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Reply #5 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:24pm

Tragedies like this are a glaring example of how Politicians suck.
Politicians start wars and young men and women fight them.
There was never any need for the Afghan war to go any longer than it needed to grab Bin Laden and when we consider that he died in the early days of the assault we should have got out then.
The objective of the invasion was achieved a long time ago so why are our young people still dying there?

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Reply #7 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:28pm

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you are a political prostitute..using another soldiers death for your abominable political point scoring..

What a sick comment, but this is so typical of the righteous right. They have no morals themselves, yet look for imaginary slights in the posts of their opponents.

We know why this war was instigated and which PM signed off on it. If the occasional thread is dedicated to a digger who lost his life through lies, not only by our own government, but our allies also - it's well deserved regardless of the nasty slant the RW's choose to put on it.

The digger could have been one of our own children being used as cannon fodder to help the multinationals and corrupt politicians become wealthier.

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Reply #8 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:31pm

adelcrow wrote on Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:24pm:

Tragedies like this are a glaring example of how Politicians suck.
Politicians start wars and young men and women fight them.
There was never any need for the Afghan war to go any longer than it needed to grab Bin Laden and when we consider that he died in the early days of the assault we should have got out then.
The objective of the invasion was achieved a long time ago so why are our young people still dying there?

It beats me why!?

At this risk of further-politicising this tragedy, however, I note that there has been no uproar from the right over the questionable and enormous costs (human and nominal) of this ongoing warmongering...

There was much drummed-up outrage over a $300,000 charter flight for incarcerated relatives to attend the tragic funerals of 8 asylum seekers - but ne'er a commensurate word about the multi-billion dollar warmongering effort and senseless loss of diggers' lives that continues to create asylum seekers...

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Reply #9 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:33pm

Encore: -

mantra wrote on Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:28pm:

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you are a political prostitute..using another soldiers death for your abominable political point scoring..

What a sick comment, but this is so typical of the righteous right. They have no morals themselves, yet look for imaginary slights in the posts of their opponents.

We know why this war was instigated and which PM signed off on it. If the occasional thread is dedicated to a digger who lost his life through lies, not only by our own government, but our allies also - it's well deserved regardless of the nasty slant the RW's choose to put on it.

The digger could have been one of our own children being used as cannon fodder to help the multinationals and corrupt politicians become wealthier.

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Reply #10 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:36pm

mantra wrote on Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:28pm:

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you are a political prostitute..using another soldiers death for your abominable political point scoring..

What a sick comment, but this is so typical of the righteous right. They have no morals themselves, yet look for imaginary slights in the posts of their opponents.

We know why this war was instigated and which PM signed off on it. If the occasional thread is dedicated to a digger who lost his life through lies, not only by our own government, but our allies also - it's well deserved regardless of the nasty slant the RW's choose to put on it.

The digger could have been one of our own children being used as cannon fodder to help the multinationals and corrupt politicians become wealthier.

and yours is just as sick... nemesis began her post properly then used it as a springboard for her political viewpoint. it was a disgrace - just as was your post. Someone died in the service of his country and you disgrace his sacrifice by you words and actions. You are a pig.

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Re: Politics of war: another digger killed overnight
Reply #11 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:42pm

longweekend58 wrote on Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:36pm:

mantra wrote on Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:28pm:

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you are a political prostitute..using another soldiers death for your abominable political point scoring..

What a sick comment, but this is so typical of the righteous right. They have no morals themselves, yet look for imaginary slights in the posts of their opponents.

We know why this war was instigated and which PM signed off on it. If the occasional thread is dedicated to a digger who lost his life through lies, not only by our own government, but our allies also - it's well deserved regardless of the nasty slant the RW's choose to put on it.

The digger could have been one of our own children being used as cannon fodder to help the multinationals and corrupt politicians become wealthier.

and yours is just as sick... nemesis began her post properly then used it as a springboard for her political viewpoint. it was a disgrace - just as was your post. Someone died in the service of his country and you disgrace his sacrifice by you words and actions. You are a pig.

Hypocrite!

Scores of people died on that boat - and people of your ilk had no problem with politicising their funerals at the height of their relatives' grief...

FFS, your lot made the funerals out to be a Muslim issue - despite the fact that 5 of the 8 people who were buried on Tuesday were Xtians!!!

Your lot sought to highlight the dangers of 'leaky boats' as the actual tragedy unfolded (and then cynically-capitalise on this again in the frenzy of confected outrage over costs when they were buried) - how is this much different to using the occasion of a soldier's tragic death to highlight the risks, costs and follies of warmongering under false pretenses!?

PS I made no secret of my agenda in starting this thread - as evidenced by the thread title, I am seeking to highlight the partisan and bigoted hypocrisy that has become rife in this country! That is also why I started this thread in the political sub-forum, rather than the general boards - and it is doubtless why your lot start so many anti-Islam/Muslim and 'illegals'/'boat people' threads in the same sub-forum!

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Reply #12 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:43pm

The tragedy goes further than just 1 person, his family and friends will also suffer in ways most of us will thankfully never know.

I find it hard to fathom that the few deaths in the insulation industry that occured during the Rudd leadership created more of a cry for pollies heads than the deaths and horrific injury suffered by our armed forces personal in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Where are the far right commentators now or is this young mans life worth less than that of an insulation installer?

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Reply #13 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:47pm

adelcrow wrote on Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:43pm:

The tragedy goes further than just 1 person, his family and friends will also suffer in ways most of us will thankfully never know.

I find it hard to fathom that the few deaths in the insulation industry that occured during the Rudd leadership created more of a cry for pollies heads than the deaths and horrific injury suffered by our armed forces personal in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Where are the far right commentators now or is this young mans life worth less than that of an insulation installer?

The slight difference is the digger knows the risk The installer didnt appear to

Doesnt make it right Sad

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adelcrow Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20133 everywhere Gender:	Re: Politics of war: another digger killed overnight Reply #14 - Feb 20^th, 2011 at 12:50pm Every life taken tragically is worth the exact same. There is no "glorious death" unless you subscribe to The Boys Own Annual for you belief system.
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