Should Australian troops leave Afghanistan early? (1 Viewer)

[Neva]

[h=1]Australian troops 'to leave Afghanistan early'[/h]http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8452380/pm-to-say-diggers-coming-home-early

 

[Ealdoon]

Difficult question to answer. No because Australia is part of ANZUS but yes because many lives of Australian troops have been lost. As I said, difficult question!

Depends on whether the US needs military aid though. But I am learning towards saying yes.

 

[na110793]

Screw ANZUS. Everyone should have gotten the fuck out of Afghanistan a LONG TIME AGO.

 

[Ealdoon]

Screw ANZUS. Everyone should have gotten the fuck out of Afghanistan a LONG TIME AGO.

That is something else I wanted to mention. Australia has nothing to do with the war in Afghanistan. I agree, the Australian troops should have gotten out of Afghanistan a long time ago.

 

[Annihilist]

I don't really know very much about the Afghanistan war, but from what I can tell it has been ineffective and unnecessary. We shouldn't have gone there in the first place and it's about time we withdraw our massive global first-world dick out of the affairs of other countries. Having said that, I believe there is more information I am missing.

Also, the article says we've lost 32 Australian troops. As though that's "terrible". These people are mostly volunteers who know what they are going into. Thousands more innocents have died on the other side of the fence, who never asked to be involved. I'm sorry, but saying "we've lost 32 Australian troops" does nothing to invoke my sympathies.

 

[Annihilist]

Depends on whether the US needs military aid though

Is that even remotely possible? They put more funding into their military than any other country, and prioritise it over everything else in the country.

It's the United Fucking States. They don't need help.

 

[Lolsmith]

To answer the original question

Yes

 

[funkshen]

i don't think we've killed enough afghanis yet.

 

[Ealdoon]

I don't really know very much about the Afghanistan war, but from what I can tell it has been ineffective and unnecessary. We shouldn't have gone there in the first place and it's about time we withdraw our massive global first-world dick out of the affairs of other countries. Having said that, I believe there is more information I am missing.

Also, the article says we've lost 32 Australian troops. As though that's "terrible". These people are mostly volunteers who know what they are going into. Thousands more innocents have died on the other side of the fence, who never asked to be involved. I'm sorry, but saying "we've lost 32 Australian troops" does nothing to invoke my sympathies.

I agree. The loss of 1 Australian troop is enough

 

[OzKo]

From what I can gather, NATO is clueless to what they are actually doing there at the moment.

They have no purpose in Afghanistan and a strategy to actually rebuild the country instead of occupying it is absent. If the Taliban insurgency is an issue, they should leave it to the Afghans to deal with it themselves. If they want to be trained, assist in training them but leave it to the Afghan government to co-ordinate these things by themselves. They don't need to be babysit by NATO.

 

[funkshen]

They don't need to be babysit by NATO.

lol ok

 

[nazfiz]

It's an un-winnable war at the moment, in my opinion. So yes they should get out no point sticking around any longer.

 

[funkshen]

It's an un-winnable war at the moment, in my opinion. So yes they should get out no point sticking around any longer.

it is a winnable war.

 

[OzKo]

it is a winnable war.

How do we determine whether it's a success? If the point is to get rid of the Taliban, it is very difficult without encroaching into Pakistan (which they are doing with drones).

 

[funkshen]

How do we determine whether it's a success? If the point is to get rid of the Taliban, it is very difficult without encroaching into Pakistan (which they are doing with drones).

thanks for the analysis major general four corners

we determine it's a success when we use the mcdonalds we have built in every afghani village as forward operating bases for our invasion of iran

 

[Annihilist]

I agree. The loss of 1 Australian troop is enough

...I'm not really sure you understood my point.

 

[boris]

I don't really know very much about the Afghanistan war, but from what I can tell it has been ineffective and unnecessary. We shouldn't have gone there in the first place and it's about time we withdraw our massive global first-world dick out of the affairs of other countries. Having said that, I believe there is more information I am missing.

Also, the article says we've lost 32 Australian troops. As though that's "terrible". These people are mostly volunteers who know what they are going into. Thousands more innocents have died on the other side of the fence, who never asked to be involved. I'm sorry, but saying "we've lost 32 Australian troops" does nothing to invoke my sympathies.

i didnt like you but now i do

 

[Ealdoon]

...I'm not really sure you understood my point.

I've read what you said again and I apologise, what I said doesn't really relate to your point.

 

[Cheesecake_a]

Yes.

Australia has nothing to do with it, many civilians lives have been lost in Afghanistan (more than Australian troops) and Australia needs to stop following the US everywhere they go.

 

[funkshen]

Yes.

Australia has nothing to do with it, many civilians lives have been lost in Afghanistan (more than Australian troops) and Australia needs to stop following the US everywhere they go.

stop following the US? you mean that shining city upon a hill whose beacon light guides freedom-loving people everywhere? that glorious bastion of liberty?

fucking communists