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Repeating others' mistakes in Afghanistan : Comments

By Bruce Haigh, published 20/10/2010

Australian troops in Afghanistan are mercenaries and hostage to fortune.

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N Koreas Kim and Irans Imadinnerjacket will die laughing at us before we've all had a gutful of the ongoing, sickening carnage and waste that we've caused ends, without a single heart or mind onside. The US governmentt doesn't realise that the enemy doesn't need to kill Americans, they want to kill off the US economy, and are doing a good job of it so far, with 43 million Americans living on or under the Poverty Line, up 13 million since this never ending debacle began. The Taliban have sucked us in, as the Vietnamese did four decades ago. The Americans have now lost three conflicts in a row - Korea, Vietnam, and the Middle East. Three strikes and you're out of the killing business, America. Melt your weapons and go home, brush up on the Chinese languages to help your future government settle in. Leave the senseless slaughter to the dictators.
Posted by MadNomad, Friday, 22 October 2010 12:42:32 PM
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"Afganistan is far too serious a situation for academic jokes"

Academics, politicians and other sycophants of great power lead us to war, using powerful institutions to market academic justifications for outright invasion, warmongering and murder.

There is nothing academic about calling an invasion an invasion, an occupation an occupation and unlawful killing as murder. (Whether it be American or Russian or Australian) .

The vast majority of academics are now attempting to justify the slaughter.

Ordinary codes of human decency which exist in our and every human community object to it.

Let us call from the rooftops, it is illegal, immoral and should end with fair compensation for all the victims.
Posted by Nigel, Friday, 22 October 2010 3:01:20 PM
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Ordinary codes of human decency which exist in our and every human community object to it.
Nigel,
I agree with your post in general however, the above sentence is somewhat of a catch 22. Yes it should be human decency to protect life BUT, the old but creeps in again here, isn't it also human decency to do away with humans who don't have any decency ? It'll get the those who keep God awake at all hours who'll jump up & down at my understanding of one of the 10 commandments. The one that says thou shalt not kill. I think this is a misinterpretation & more likely was meant to mean thou shalt not murder. Huge difference there. I for one can't see anything sinful it doing away with a bad human being that is a threat to good human beings.
Posted by individual, Friday, 22 October 2010 6:47:58 PM
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We are supposed to be a democracy here in Australia.
If this were really true, then it would seem to be logical to have a referendum on so important a case as invading another country.
I wonder what the result would be assuming that the question was not slanted as is usually the case when the government runs a referendum.
Posted by sarnian, Saturday, 23 October 2010 8:33:15 AM
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