failed General Cosgrove spoke pessimistically about the war in Afghanistan, saying success so far is only imaginary. , across the world - a battle the Coalition is losing.
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so how come the Taliban are going to DEFEAT the greatest military
force in all history
General Cosgrove also spoke pessimistically about the war in
Afghanistan, saying success so far is only imaginary.
He says the conflict represents a battle for the minds of Muslims
across the world - a battle the Coalition is losing.
In a broad-ranging ABC Boyer lecture series , former defence force
chief Peter Cosgrove expresses pessimism about the course of the
Afghanistan war
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/boyerlectures/about/
In his opening lecture tomorrow, he acknowledges the high cost of
defending Australia .
"Every person who rails against the huge cost of a modern national
security policy is perfectly correct -- the costs are obscene," he
says.
But fundamentally, Australians accept that there is no defence
General Cosgrove says Australians remain troubled by the intractable
violence in Afghanistan.
"Success is yet only in the imagination and in prayers," he says.
Like Iraq , the Afghanistan war continues to provide a "battleground
for the minds" of Muslims around the world.
"I think we can confidently say we are losing this battle."
Yet despite no muslim threat having any jet fighters submarines or
army , they are DEFEATING those who WASTE billions on failed
military approach , its very clear existing wars are only expensive
GAMES to play with big toys and cream off billions from gullible
taxpayers and low IQ meat headed cannon fodder who are kept from
reading the FACTS
Australia will waste another $16 billion on the USA F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter program.
To prop up USA military / war business machine Australian taxpayers
are wasting hundreds of billions on useless technology surplus scrap
metal bought at inflated prices from USA middle men
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Peter Cosgrove
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cosgrove
General Peter John Cosgrove AC, MC (born 28 July 1947) is a retired
Australian Army officer.
Cosgrove was promoted in 2000 to Lieutenant General as Chief of the
Army (CA) and in 2002 to General as Chief of the Defence Force (CDF).
[5]
He was the Chief of the Australian Defence Force from 3 July 2002 to 3
July 2005, when he retired from active service.
In a broad-ranging ABC Boyer lecture series , former defence force
chief Peter Cosgrove expresses pessimism about the course of the
Afghanistan war
[edit] Military service
Cosgrove was educated at Waverley College, then followed his father, a
Warrant Officer, into the Australian Army by attending the Royal
Military College, Duntroon in 1965. Early in his career, Cosgrove
fought in Vietnam with the 9th Battalion of The Royal Australian
Regiment, where he served with great distinction, receiving the
Military Cross in 1971.[1]
'Obscene' defence costs are necessary
Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 5:44pm AEDT
Updated Sun Nov 8, 2009 8:00pm AEDT
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)
Australia will spend $16 billion on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
program.
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* Related Story: Questions over F-35's stealth capability
Former Defence Force chief Peter Cosgrove says the cost of defence
spending is "immense" and "obscene" but remains a necessity.
General Cosgrove has delivered the first of six lectures on national
security as part of ABC Radio National's Boyer Lectures series.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/boyerlectures/about/
He says there is no cheap solution to Defence's need to modernise and
in all likelihood dramatically expand.
"When 100 years ago local fire brigades changed from horse-drawn to
motorised appliances, many people were aghast at the cost but didn't
quibble if it meant that they were safer," General Cosgrove said.
"Fundamentally Australians accept there is no cheap defence.
so how come the Taliban are going to DEFEAT the greatest military
force in all history
General Cosgrove also spoke pessimistically about the war in
Afghanistan, saying success so far is only imaginary.
He says the conflict represents a battle for the minds of Muslims
across the world - a battle the Coalition is losing.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/08/2736476.htm?section=australia