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afghanistan
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Jamie Larcombe And Afghanistan
Jamie Larcombe was a quiet, decent young man from a hardworking and honest family. He lived on Kangaroo Island, as I do. Jamie was a sapper (military engineer and infantryman) in the Australian army. He was killed by…
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On The Dishonesty of the Mainstream Media
No blow too low! That could well be the motto of some of Australia’s legacy media outlets. The latest example is the claim that Tony Abbott made light of an Australian soldier’s death by saying ‘Well,…
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If We Are Not There To Win …
Why are we in Afghanistan at all? I noted a few weeks ago: Afghanistan was always going to be a harder fight than Iraq. It is also a fight that must be won – not just…