[AusFan]

Originally Posted by WOMBAI

Our armed forces shoud be there to protect our nation and not to fight other countries' battles! Why should it be our responsibility, and, more importantly, the responsibility of our soldiers to put their necks on the line for something that has nothing to do with them! Let other countries sort out their own problems I say - like many I don't want a son of mine dying to help bring peace to some other nation!

The situation in the Middle-East has been going on for decades - things won't change there anyway! It is not our war!

Surely if Australia were to be invaded you'd want Britain to help out wouldn't you?

I mean Australians went all the way to Europe to fight in WWI and WWII when they could of been back in Australia ready to take on potential invading Japanese forces during WWII.