NATO at its BEST!!!!.... cough* calls off help to those they are "helping".... in Afg...

NATO suspends assisting the Afgahn forces during operations.....

so... we're there to "help" the people defend themselves, and they shoot us in the back for helping... makes vietnam and the killing fields look pale in comparison.....

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AUSTRALIA has been taken by surprise by a snap decision by NATO to cut back on operations with the Afghan army because of the coalition's high losses from ''green on blue'' attacks.

The move to curtail joint on-the-ground operations throws the coalition's military strategy into disarray and could further undermine public support in Australia for the war.

Defence Minister Stephen Smith last night was seeking urgent clarification of the decision, announced in Washington.

He is expected to make a statement to Parliament today on the ramifications for Australian forces training Afghan soldiers.

Advertisement The move to curtail joint operations comes after a surge in the number of so-called ''insider attacks'' by Afghan soldiers and police officers.



Read more: [link to www.smh.com.au]

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my take??? ... pull our troops out NOW and let them do their own killing... wtf ?!?!?!!?!?......

[link to www.smh.com.au]

Aus to honour the US call....

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 09/19/2012 01:09 AM