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Me, for one, if for no other reason than the invocation of religion amongst the call to arms.[/CENTER]
amen
Who after reading this would not have the courage to defend this land that we are able to safely call HOME
If the Islamic states decided to invade us, I couldn't hold it against them since we're trying to steal oil/resource from Iraq and have always thought we got off very lightly for killing people (non combatants)
I had to close the laptop on that one. I was either going nuts, or I was going to punch the screen.WTF!!!
Are you serious??
Are you Australian?
I must be miss reading that idiotic statement.
Me, for one, if for no other reason than the invocation of religion amongst the call to arms.
Sure Id go.
Just imagine if (for example) the ways of life in Iran (especially for women) and their religion were to be forced upon us....I'd fight against that for sure!
WTF!!!
Are you serious??
Are you Australian?
I must be miss reading that idiotic statement.
I had to close the laptop on that one. I was either going nuts, or I was going to punch the screen.
I guess according to your definition I'm un-Australian?
Yes I'm very serious...I don't agree with a lot of the crap that happens in Islam along with other countries and including my own. But at the end of the day I fully accept the responsibility of being Australian and supporting and following America into Iraq and killing Iraq's for oil. I'm not going to hide behind the delusion of WMD's I may not be the smartest tool in the shed, but I’m not that stupid or gullible. I acknowledge we did it for oil, for a lot of cheap oil, at the time I believe the quote was in the order of $3-$4trillion priced at $25/barrel with a $1production cost/per barrel. That’s $3-$4trillion profit.
So as an Australian I don’t have a moral leg to stand on if the Islamic countries decide to join together to attack the west in retaliation (even if they use that as an excuse). I’ve lived in Sydney for the past 8 years or so expecting retaliation in one form or another and feel very thankful that my country gets to go to war while I have yet to experience what living through a war is like. And I acknowledge that we voted the same government in while we were supporting the killing of Iraqi citizens. There is no way in hell I would raise arms against them after what I as an Australia have done to them through the greatness of democracy.
Oh and that’s no dig at democracy, I find it rather poetic and can look at it in a philosophical kind of way, I’m part of a nation that did nothing when it could to stop the government from being part of the blood for oil scheme in Iraq. I’ve profited from our dealings in Iraq. But I can’t defend my countries actions, we’re crims. I guess not much has changed in 200 years
Indeed my thoughts go out to the fallen soldier and his family.
We are the sons of Australia,
of the men who fashioned the land;
We are the sons of the women
Who walked with them hand in hand;
And we swear by the dead who bore us,
By the heroes who blazed the trail,
No foe shall gather our harvest,
Or sit on our stockyard rail.
Why is it up to us to protect Islamic people from themselves, as you put it?Do you not have any respect. Even by now you must know that some aussie ha laid down his life to try and protect islamic nutcases from themselves all for nothing if people like yo are here talking the way that you do.
I'm sincerely sorry about the soldier who was killed, just as I'm sorry about any human being who loses his/her life while engaged in any endeavour they believe in.I posted that prayer last nite for a reason that most of you would not have understood at the time. Julia I hope you now understand the reason behind it.
Imo we have no business being in either of these wars and I will not be part of the emotive business of asking any God to protect either side.
The number of innocent people killed by our troops dwarfs our casualties anyway. If only this story got as much sympathy:
http://www.theage.com.au/world/australian-troops-kill-5-afghan-children-20090213-874z.html
When our guys die, they are courageous soldiers with loving families, intentionally attacked by terrorists. When their civilians die, they are either militants or just an unfortunate mistake.
So whilst Saddam was killing hundreds of thousands, we should have just sat back and done nothing because it didnt affect us?
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