Most Australian forces to be out of Afghanistan by years end

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I know, post six in that thread was mine.

My point being they don't have to be in Afghanistan to do those things because they really are available in Oz.

Unlike the UK where these things are a rear treat enjoyed mainly when in anohter country.

The lack of clear goals outside the original goal of lets go after Osama Bin Laden is the main reason that we should be getting out. The biggest issue in Afghanistan is their lack of economic drivers. Without their opium trade they get very little income from external trade. Without commodities to trade, they don't have much of a leg to stand on on their own.

I foresee years of the West paying aid to warlords when simply don;t care whether the Taliban come back into power, as long as they can make money from something. Drugs, weapons, donkey crap, they don't care.