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Old 7th Apr 2009, 15:55
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Diesel Fitter
 
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Errrrrm - would now be a good time to gently mention that Australia has not offered any more troops either.

Indeed why should we?

Some 1100 bodies on the ground there and more than a few returned and now under the ground back home.

Particularly when we were specifically excluded from a place at the table at the recent NATO discussions on troop levels.

I guess the Brit attitude towards us upstart colonials as mere cannon fodder has changed little since Western Front days.

But please excuse me if I've missed acknowledgement of the Aussie contribution earlier in this thread.
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