Ms Gillard says Australia remains committed to continuing the mission in the war-torn country despite the latest death.
"For many Australians when they hear this news, they will ask themselves again: why are we in Afghanistan, why do we continue to fight there, why do we continue to see these losses in Afghanistan?"
"We went there to make sure that Afghanistan would not continue to be a safe haven for terrorists.
"That continues to be our mission which has a defined purpose and a defined timeline.
"So we will continue our mission in Afghanistan even as we grieve this loss," Ms Gillard said.
OUD provides no valid defensive value to Australia. Afghanistan is a tribal culture that cannot be changed. It is not our business to attempt such a thing.
A culture that thinks this is normal behaviour. A culture that has no ability to operate in a military fashion lusted after by the chicken hawks that got us in there and keep us there.
What is more of a security threat to Australia? Afghanistan, or letting half-a-dozen boats land in Australia...per week?
Absurd.
2014? Now is just as good a time as any. Waiting until 2014 will not change a thing. What is just as bad is that the opposition party has no practical words about Afghanistan either.
The only strategic sense on OUD comes from (wait for it)...
The Greens.
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