Hasbeen, please explain why we invaded a sovereign country, that had not attacked Australia.
Its like the revival of the Vietnam situation, another country told us what we must do, because they wanted the oil pipeline feed to Pakistan. Oh Yes! the Iraq invasion was also for oil.....Hasbeen?...Good blog name !!

Hasbeen and Jayb

I have no sympathy whatever for Islamic terrorists. I don’t think Hicks is innocent, still less a hero. But what distinguishes our culture from those that would destroy it, is that we operate within the law and place boundaries on what the law can and cannot do to those we despise. Hicks deserves many things, but confiscation of the proceeds of his book sales is not one of them.

Rhian: we operate within the law and place boundaries on what the law can and cannot do to those we despise.
Yes, pity that. Maybe the Law should be changed so that we operate using the same rules as the Teliban & Al Quaida. At Least we then would be on an even footing. It definately would make things a lot easier on our side. Then we wouldn't, like the terrorists, have to worry about how many women & children we kill. It would be open slather like the terrorists are allowed & we wouldn't have anybody complaining about the killing of innocents. Just like there is no complaint when the terrorists kill innocents by all the Do Gooders. I guess they must support the terrorists tactics but not ours. Strange that.

Well Jayb I don't support the killing of innocents by anyone - by flying planes into buildings or drones into mountainous areas overseas. Sorry to fail your categories.

The biggest terrorist organisation on the planet is the banking ,military industrial complex.We have the evidence.

Kipp: please explain why we invaded a sovereign country, that had not attacked Australia.
We went there to root out Al Quadia & to protect the people from an atrocious regime call the Teliban. Now I don't know if you support segregation, disfigurement & beating of women. Or agree that women should not have any education, medical care, etc. Or even if you think, like these people do, that women are only animals to be subjucated & used & abused by men as they please. If you do think like that, then I pity you. I sounds like it. If you dont then then you should support NATO's efforts. It's your choice. Hicks made his choice. It was to support Al Quaida & the Teliban & I guess you are supporting Hicks. Hmmm...
Yes, there is the matter of the Oil Pipe lines from Turkmanistan, Uzbekistan & Tajikistan through Afganistan to the coast of Pakistan. A pipe line that enrich those 3 Countries and Afganistan/Pakistan who don't really have to do anything for the renumeration. The only peoples benifiting from this oil & the pipe line are in those 5 poor countries. Al Quadia doesn't want the West to have oil & the Teliban don't want the people of Afganistan enriched & educated or modernize.