LOL Paul 1405!

The Greens have a hide like a swamp buffalo and obviously believe that the public have very short memories. This is just the ambulance-chasing 'Protest Party' Greens out to get headlines.

Remember how Greens' leader Bob Brown used to profess concern for the troops but never fulfilled his promise to visit them in Afghanistan?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/greens-leader-bob-brown-must-visit-diggers/story-e6frfhqf-1225937851978?nk=762fa3799c897ec0e2cde3a7343687d2

Beach, I hope you posted that from down at the recruiting office, or are you another one of those stay at home armchair warriors! I suspect so.

Good on The Greens, as the only political party willing to stand up to the sycophantic Abbott as he sucks up to the Yanks on this.

Christine Milne is in favour of humanitarian aid to the Kurds in their fight/plight with IS.

Could anyone explain just what this humanitarian aid could be and how does she think that IS would regard this humanitarian aid and those that give it?

Humanitarian aid, should include food, medical supplies, clean drinking water,clothing and shelters etc. Abbott's version of humanitarian aid seem to include munitions and arms from that wonderful democratic state of Albania. According to Abbott "Australia has participated in a humanitarian air drop to the besieged town of Amerli in northern Iraq... we have done so at the request of the Obama Administration and with the permission of the Iraqi Government," The Iraqi ambassador to Australia didn't know what Abbott was talking about.
This should soon be followed up with even more humanitarian aid in the form of bombs being delivered on innocent men, women and children. thanks to the warmongering types like Obama, Abbott and Shorten. you can throw in Canada, Italy, France and the United Kingdom into that mix as they also plan to supply weapons to the combatants in Northern Iraq.

Chief of Defence Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin said the Australian humanitarian mission on Sunday morning delivered 15 pallets of food, water and hygiene packs, enough for 2,600 people for a day.
The food came from the World Food Program and the hygiene packs were from AusAid and marked "Aid from Australia". The aircraft since has returned safely to the base. This type of aid, like all Greens, I fully support.
What is to be gained by military intervention as a first option in a civil war.
Both sides in the Iraqi conflict are committing acts of violence against civilians, said the UN.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11068897/Both-sides-in-the-Iraqi-conflict-committing-acts-of-violence-against-civilians-says-UN.html

As general Haig said to Blackadder in series 4:

On the "Big Push" and the position of the Big Brass:

"We're right behind you."

To which Blackadder muttered:

"Yes, about 25 miles behind us."

Beach, had to dig that one out of the archives did you not, Oct 13 2010, and its in one of the media's criminal enterprises (News) publications, Murdoch's 'Herald Sun' and a double whammy to boot, it was written by your favorite redneck himself convicted criminal Andrew Bolt!
Beach still waiting for that link to your Miss Marple, what's her name?
p/s I note Julia is not wearing the obligatory bullet proof vest, wasn't she afraid of being shot by a "friendly" Afghan solder, they loved us so much in Afghanistan even the friendly's would shoot us. Was that pic taken down at Victoria Barracks just for Bolt!
By the way Bob Brown was proven right yet again. A great statesman is Bob.