Thread: My workplace & town is in mourning

You have my sympathy. I'm very grateful for what the armed forces from around the world are trying to do over there. Afghanistan has had such a horrendous history that it's certainly time that it was sorted out, and I think your mate was doing something far more worthwhile than most of us get up to. I really don't think we get enough news from that war - it just doesn't seem right that people are working and fighting there and we aren't able to appreciate it properly.

Hey mate...X12 the above....sorry to hear,

Regards
Stevo

Not surprisingly, I didn't know him, but whenever one of our ADF personnel is lost in the pursuit of a safer world I feel the loss. How much greater it must be when that person is known personally.

Regrets,
Peter

Originally Posted by Davo

I really don't think we get enough news from that war - it just doesn't seem right that people are working and fighting there and we aren't able to appreciate it properly.

I agree, totally. Having spent 2.5 yrs almost constantly at Tarin Kowt, I too have formed the view that the ADF are actually not doing themselves any good by being so paranoid in their control of the media. Nothing comes out of there, unless it has the ADF approved 'spin'.

On Tuesday I was at a brief by MAJGEN Jim Molan on his experience (and of course selling his new book..'Running the War in Iraq') and he too argues that if our forces are not relevant to:

a. the population they have gone to assist; and
b. the population who has sent them

ultimately, they will not win.

Of course, there needs to be sensitivity so that operational security is not compromised but, if the story only ever comes from Defence Media it lacks credibility and objectivity.

People might have recently noticed a rash of Afghanistan feature stories coming out in the 'Australian'. I know the source of the information and the direct objectivity of the stories has raised concern within the ADF because it is not coming from them; the stories are factual and cannot be refuted.

Watch for an other story which will show the Army only selectively complies with it's own policies and how they have found out that 'poo really does flow down hill'....and can be embarrassing.