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Afghanistan and the sunk cost fallacy

By Robert Merkel on October 20, 2010

From Tony Abbott’s Parliamentary speech (PDF, page 29) on the Afghanistan war: As things stand, each bereaved family knows that the Australian people respect their loss and value their sacrifice. We have honoured their deaths by continuing their campaign. How [...]

Posted in Afghanistan, Politics, War | Tagged Afghanistan, sunk cost fallacy, Tony Abbott | 102 Responses

Quick link: Why isn’t the Afghanistan War a major election issue?

By Kim on August 13, 2010

That’s a question worth posing, and it’s posed by Jacinda Woodhead of Overland at The Drum this morning.

Posted in Afghanistan, federal election 2010, International, War | Tagged Afghanistan, Federal Election 2010, jacinda woodhead, overland, the drum, War, Wikileaks | 18 Responses

CPD post: Lynch on Australia’s place in the world

By Guest Poster on July 27, 2010

During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s upcoming collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next [...]

Posted in Australiana, federal election 2010, Foreign policy, Immigration, International, War | Tagged Afghanistan, asylum seekers, CPD, Federal Election 2010, Foreign policy, human rights, identity, leaders debate, phil lynch, Thinking Points, Timor, UN Security Council, values, War | 9 Responses

Wikileaks Roundtable

By tigtog on July 27, 2010

Afghan, Pakistani Reactions at Odds Over Leaked US Documents, US says Afghan Wikileaks ‘could put lives at risk’

Posted in Afghanistan, Politics, USA | Tagged Afghanistan, pakistan, roundtable, whistleblowers, Wikileaks | 36 Responses

U.S. military cover-ups exposed – civilians and journalists killed

By tigtog on April 7, 2010

Leaked video shows gunship killing journalists. The attack took place in Eastern Baghdad in 2007, the US military has always claimed that the civilians were insurgents. Some military whistleblowers leaked video and audio to Wikileaks.

Posted in Crime, Ethics, Imperialism, Policy, War | Tagged Afghanistan, alleged insurgents, Baghdad, friendly fire, military fratricide, Rules of Engagement, Wikileaks | 185 Responses

Explain to me again why we're there?

By Helen on August 20, 2009

Some people think our intervention in other countries (and “regime change”) is good for women.

Posted in Afghanistan, Feminism, International, Politics, War, Women | Tagged Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai | 197 Responses

Open Obama Inauguration thread

By Mark Bahnisch on January 20, 2009

If you’re staying up to watch Barack Obama’s inauguration as 44th President of the United States of America, Crikey has a good guide to coverage and commentary on tv, live streaming, live blogging and twitter. Locally, Hoyden About Town is [...]

Posted in Afghanistan, Blogging, Economics, Film, TV, Video etc, Foreign policy, International, Iraq, Media, Middle East, Nationalism, Politics, The Web, USA | Tagged Afghanistan, America, Australia, barack obama, coverage, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, global financial crisis, global politics, healthcare, inaugural address, inauguration, Iraq, live blogging, Martin Luther King, Robert Gates, US alliance, us economy, US politics, War, world politics | 93 Responses

Strangling NATO in Afghanistan

By Idiot/Savant on December 16, 2008

Crossposted from No Right Turn Oh dear. Drivers in Pakistan are refusing to transport supplies across the Northwest Frontier to NATO and US troops in Afghanistan. 75% of US and NATO supplies go that way. Which means they’re either going [...]

Posted in Afghanistan, Imperialism, International, War | Tagged Afghanistan, war & conflict | 144 Responses

Guest Post by Miriam Lyons: What does an Obama win mean for Australia?

By Guest Poster on November 5, 2008

Director of the Centre for Policy Development Miriam Lyons writes: Barack Obama’s victory represents a watershed in American history, but it will also have ramifications around the world. Before I head out to celebrate I thought I’d just bash out [...]

Posted in Australiana, Climate change, Developing world, Economics, Environment, Foreign Elections, Foreign policy, Government, Immigration, International, Markets, Policy, Politics, Sociology, USA | Tagged Afghanistan, aid, Australian implications, barack obama, behavioural economics, center for american progress, Climate change, copenhagen negotiations, CPD, Democrats, economic policy, Foreign policy, Garnaut, green jobs, green Keynesianism, international development, john podesta, Miriam Lyons, multilateralism, public policy, think tanks, UN, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 | 12 Responses

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