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Support from other countries in our wars matters for reasons other than troop support. So it is relevant... although anti-us sentiment in almost any part of the world certainly doesn't seem like news anymore.

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lol, get off your high horse. Australia support in Iraq doesn't make a lick of difference to any strategic or military outcomes. We add less than 1% of their troop number and even less in terms of technology. It's purely symbolic.

Should he care about the Georgian or Polish elections as well? They sent more troops than we did.

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It mattered a lot when they were trying to put the coalition of the willing together!

Re: Polish election, yes... more important than the Georgian ones!


What are you trying to say?

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I'll be sure to post when Madison, WI has a next election for mayor. It will probably have more relevance on the world scale than this.

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[X] America Sucks

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I'll be sure to post when Madison, WI has a next election for mayor. It will probably have more relevance on the world scale than this.

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[X] Smileyface
[X] LOL
[X] America Sucks

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Yep, it shows the usual and despised understanding of world affairs showed by a vocal minority of US citizens that simply show a lack of education and culture. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Thankfully, they are only a minority, or so I believe!

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What a terrible result. For those who don't know, the winners are the Labour Party, 70% of whose members are former trade union officials. They're basically communists who believe in increasingly socialized services, massive budget deficits and no respect for freedom of association. A labour victory basically means an end to economic conservatism and responsible economic reform which as kept Australia going strong for the last 11 years.

My small consolation is that my investment accounts are going to enjoy much higher returns as interest rates go through the roof, which basically means money flowing from dumbass redneck labor voters into my bank account. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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agree with you except I'm not convinced the ALP will be that bad for the economy. I'm glad ALP is in

What, you want us to become America basically? :/

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What a terrible result. For those who don't know, the winners are the Labour Party, 70% of whose members are former trade union officials. They're basically communists who believe in increasingly socialized services, massive budget deficits and no respect for freedom of association. A labour victory basically means an end to economic conservatism and responsible economic reform which as kept Australia going strong for the last 11 years.

My small consolation is that my investment accounts are going to enjoy much higher returns as interest rates go through the roof, which basically means money flowing from dumbass redneck labor voters into my bank account. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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agree with you except I'm not convinced the ALP will be that bad for the economy. I'm glad ALP is in

What, you want us to become America basically? :/

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It's probably worth ignoring people who cry 'communists' or 'Marxists' or any other dirty word at anything but their own flawed ideology.

There the same sort of people who call centre-right liberals the extreme left and the Soviet Union an example of true socialism. Both incorrect claims that I'm sure 90% of people here fail to apprehend.

In terms of the implications of a Labour government over Liberal; they are slim. It's not hard to recognise that private power has a monopoly over all government and the democratic process to obstruct any real social change. However, I believe the gap between the two leading parties in Australia to be much greater than those in America where the differences are futile and polyarchy overrides meaningful democracy.

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What a terrible result. For those who don't know, the winners are the Labour Party, 70% of whose members are former trade union officials. They're basically communists who believe in increasingly socialized services, massive budget deficits and no respect for freedom of association. A labour victory basically means an end to economic conservatism and responsible economic reform which as kept Australia going strong for the last 11 years.

My small consolation is that my investment accounts are going to enjoy much higher returns as interest rates go through the roof, which basically means money flowing from dumbass redneck labor voters into my bank account. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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The Aussie Dollar is strong enough as it is...

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I'll be sure to post when Madison, WI has a next election for mayor. It will probably have more relevance on the world scale than this.

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Are you insane, ingorant or stupid?

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I'll be sure to post when Madison, WI has a next election for mayor. It will probably have more relevance on the world scale than this.

Also
[X] Smileyface
[X] LOL
[X] America Sucks

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Ehh...in this thread, MidGe has been decidedly not-trollish.

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I am not amzed you don't care. You probably don't know how much the Australian support counted in the Korean. Vietnam war and now in Iraq. I really wish we treated the US the same way... they were not very supportive when we would have been helped by their support in Timor, an area that was of great significance to us. But as you indicated, the US is only to be counted for demands and not for support, at least in the last half a century.. How things change!

How arrogant your position!

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Err I'm actually Australian, and you're extremely overrating the significance of our forces overseas.
I'm not saying I don't completely care about how the country is run, I'm merely suggesting that my life won't really change much at all