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War in Afghanistan: Sacrifices in vain? : Comments
By Kellie Tranter, published 6/2/2012Have taxpayers contributions to the war on terrorism been well spent?
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Anyone familiar with soldiers know that they like nothing better than a "nice" little war where they can use the training that they have taken years to aquire and put it to the test. Afghanistan fitted that bill nicely. Even soldiers from limp wristed societies like the Canada, Denmark and Holland sent contingents of professional soldiers.
The deutchies were ectstatic. it was the first chance they had in years to do a bit of real soldiering and they were happilly polishing up their panzers. You know the Germans. A few tanks and MG 42's and they want to take on the world.
Casualties were trifling, and everybody was having a great time killing off the most detested vermin in the entire world. Unfortunately, we in the west were not told how many Muslims nut jobs we were exterminating, lest we offend the Muslims living in our countries who's sympathies are with the enemy. But we must have been killing them 10 to 1.
A nice little war is essential for training soldiers. And Australia and many other countries now has a pool of combat trained soldiers who know the ropes and who will be absolutely essential in the event of a more serious war.
Of course, the entire war could have been avoided if the western nations had been smart enough to keep Muslims right out of their countries. Letting your enemies cross your moat and take up residence in your keep is a dumb thing to do. But to the Kellie's of this world, everybody is equal. As President Kennedy said "we all breath the same air, and we all wants what is best for our children."
I used to believe that once, but the photograph of Palestinians dressing their children as suicide bombers convinced me that I was wrong.