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Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:09pm

ON YA TONY.. HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

THE LABRATS WONT LIKE THAT.. GILLARD PROMISED 2014..

BUT US LIBS ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU AND

HAPPY CHRISTMAS.

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott pulls troops out of Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan
STAFF WRITER NEWS LIMITED NETWORK DECEMBER 16, 2013 1:54PM

Leading Aircraftman Noel Klaehn lets Australians know he and his mates will be home for Christmas during his final day in Oru...
Leading Aircraftman Noel Klaehn lets Australians know he and his mates will be home for Christmas during his final day in Oruzgan Province. Source: Supplied
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott says the last Australian soldier has left Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan.

Canberra Defence Minister David Johnston said the last troops left Oruzgan yesterday.

"They are in the air on the way home,'' he told reporters in Sydney.

Mr Abbott thanked the soldiers for their service, saying they had paid a high price with 40 dead and 261 seriously wounded.

"Oruzgan today is a very significantly different and better place than it was a decade ago," he said.

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ImSpartacus2 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6913	Re: welcome home boys well done. Reply #1 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:32pm All those lives and all that money and now after all that to lose this war in such a cowardly way. Howard and Abbott promised they would never cut and run and what did they do? CUT AND RUN
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Sparky Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1338 Gender:	Re: welcome home boys well done. Reply #2 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:34pm The do-gooders will start screaming DO SOMETHING when the Taliban start chopping heads off . The poor downtrodden Afghan female has dark clouds coming their way.
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sir prince duke alevine Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23619 Gender:	Re: welcome home boys well done. Reply #3 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:43pm Let's leave the politics on this for another day. Welcome back and very glad they are arriving safe and sound.
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adelcrow Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20133 everywhere Gender:	Re: welcome home boys well done. Reply #4 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:48pm I agree...lets get our people out if that hell hole asap and hope that no one is stupid enough to ever send them back there.
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Reply #5 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:49pm

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:43pm:

Let's leave the politics on this for another day.
Welcome back and very glad they are arriving safe and sound.

I'm happy to leave 'the politics' right here. Abbott cannot claim credit for this event, and stuffed if anyone ought allow him to. If cods reckons he legitimately can, then she should also blame Abbott for the current deficit.

Our departure from Afghanistan was decided long ago, and the logistics of that have been in progress prior to the last election.

bugger off Phoney. This has zero to do with you.

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Sparky Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1338 Gender:	Re: welcome home boys well done. Reply #6 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:49pm They did a great job. It's just a pity more people didn't get behind them. Afghanistan could of been turned into a decent place to live.
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Reply #7 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:50pm

Aussie wrote on Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:49pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:43pm:

Let's leave the politics on this for another day.
Welcome back and very glad they are arriving safe and sound.

I'm happy to leave 'the politics' right here. Abbott cannot claim credit for this event, and stuffed if anyone ought allow him to. If cods reckons he legitimately can, then she should also blame Abbott for the current deficit.

Our departure from Afghanistan was decided long ago, and the logistics of that have been in progress prior to the last election.

bugger off Phoney. This has zero to do with you.

True Aussie, but what would you have them do, ask Gillard to announce it? He is the pm of the day. He can't claim credit but he can announce it, and let's just be happy about the announcement. Tomorrow is another day.

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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39829 Gender:	Re: welcome home boys well done. Reply #8 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 6:00pm True enough alevine, but I'll bet pounds to peanuts that the ADF is still there. We just will not hear about it anymore. Why did we go there? "To make big rocks into little rocks." Thanks Hayseed.
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Reply #9 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 6:02pm

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http://www.news.com.au/national/australian-diggers-are-coming-home-from-afghanis...

MOST of Australia's 1600 troops will be home from Afghanistan by Christmas, but our defence chief has warned the war-ravaged nation remains rife with corruption.

Hundreds of millions of dollars will be saved after yesterday's announcement the majority of Australia's troops would leave Afghanistan a year earlier than expected.

Both the ALP and Coalition supported the war in Afghanistan so the OP has shown a complete lack of substance as usual.....Trying to score political points over this issue shows a complete lack of respect for the job our soldiers did on behalf of all Australians!!!

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http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-announces-last...

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Datalife Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2405 Gender:	Re: welcome home boys well done. Reply #10 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 6:05pm Aussie wrote on Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:49pm: I'm happy to leave 'the politics' right here. ...then goes and makes it all about political point scoring. Idiot.
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Reply #11 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 6:06pm

Aussie wrote on Dec 16^th, 2013 at 6:00pm:

True enough alevine, but I'll bet pounds to peanuts that the ADF is still there. We just will not hear about it anymore.

Why did we go there?

"To make big rocks into little rocks."

Thanks Hayseed.

The Coalition won't stay unless they have a huge force to run the logistics and maintain the bases. You can't have a small force in Afghanistan because the Taliban will rip them apart. If people start coming home it's finished.

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Reply #12 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 6:07pm

ImSpartacus2 wrote on Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:32pm:

All those lives and all that money and now after all that to lose this war in such a cowardly way. Howard and Abbott promised they would never cut and run and what did they do?

CUT AND RUN

well it might not mean that much to someone like yourself.. but..

"Oruzgan today is a very significantly different and better place than it was a decade ago," he said.

its worth a try at least..

at least we try to make a place BETTER.. not for ourselves.. for those that live there..under extreme endurance and fear..

I hope we give the Afghan boys a really great welcome home boys..

and the boys that didnt make it..you wont be forgotten.. Cry

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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39829 Gender:	Re: welcome home boys well done. Reply #13 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 6:11pm Datalife wrote on Dec 16^th, 2013 at 6:05pm: Aussie wrote on Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:49pm: I'm happy to leave 'the politics' right here. ...then goes and makes it all about political point scoring. Idiot. Puhlease! No need to be an idiot all your life. It's okay to take a day off now and then!
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Phallic Baldwin Senior Member Offline Phallic Baldwin Posts: 370 Gender:	Re: welcome home boys well done. Reply #14 - Dec 16^th, 2013 at 6:17pm sir prince duke alevine wrote on Dec 16^th, 2013 at 5:43pm: Let's leave the politics on this for another day. Welcome back and very glad they are arriving safe and sound. Perfectly said.
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