I am somewhat surprised that there was no response to the Kings of War blog entry.
This has been followed up with a response by the author to the comments made following his first entry.
Bourne (Again) Criticisms? A Review of the Commentary
I am somewhat surprised that there was no response to the Kings of War blog entry.
This has been followed up with a response by the author to the comments made following his first entry.
Bourne (Again) Criticisms? A Review of the Commentary
More of a pre-withdrawal review article and copied here:The Long Road: Uruzgan, Afghanistan, on the Path to Stability
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A quick summary, with an interesting, possibly unique political point:The Diggers next role, including SOF:Prime Minister Tony Abbott has declared a symbolic end to 'Australia's longest war', even though about 400 troops will remain in Afghanistan next year and perhaps beyond...Accompanied by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in the first ever bipartisan visit....Link:http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories...aspx?id=919542However, some 400 will remain in a variety of non-combat roles including mentoring of the Afghan National Army (ANA) 205 Corps headquarters in Kandahar and of instructors at the ANA Officer Academy in Kabul. A small group of 18 special forces soldiers will remain in an advisory role in Kabul.
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'Land, Kill and Leave': How Australian Special Forces Helped Lose the War in Afghanistan
This article is one of series released by ABC today; on a quick review some of the allegations have been in the Australian public domain before, now they have documents to support the series.
Read the full post and make any comments at the SWJ Blog.
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An article from the Sydney Morning Herald and reflective on what happened to the Australian SAS. Here are two short passages:Link:https://www.smh.com.au/politics/fede...01-p4zux2.htmlA traditional role of applying and gathering intelligence had been displaced by a lust for kill counts....A traditional role of applying and gathering intelligence had been displaced by a lust for kill counts.
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