Dutch landing in Indonesia film

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Lang

I don't know if we are getting any better with Iraq and Afghanistan festering away but at least the people of western nations know a lot more these days of what is going on with their politicians' decisions.

We can but hope that one day the west will learn to keep their noses out of other peoples' business and only respond to genuine calls for help totally uninfluenced by greed or political grandstanding.

Lang,

Exactly. Our goverment fell recently over the "to stay or not to stay" question. They had put down an end date and one of the coalition parties tried to change the public mind. Presumed public pressure led to the other big party in the goverment coalition to take a stand and keep their word of pulling out this year after we finish our tour.

Yes I know, some people think it is the same thing, but it has little to do with the quality of the job our military are doing in Afghanistan.

Hanno