Why Are Our Men So Far Away?
Have you looked at the world map lately? Have you noticed where the trouble spots are?
Sure they’re in Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa but they’re also in the Solomons, Fiji, Irian Jaya, Bali and East Timor. Places that we never thought of 20 or 30 years ago.
30 years ago, when I spent some time in the Army. the NCOs would continually remind us that we were training for the day that “the Noggies came over the hill”.
Everything we did was to prepare us for the day when “the Noggies came over the hill”. We didn’t have to ask who “the Noggies” were. We knew that it wasn’t China or Vietnam and it was never going to be Russia - no, we knew back then that “the Noggies” were much closer than that.
And now the unrest is starting why are our men so far away? Why are our men in Iraq when they should be here. Afghanistan is perhaps within our region … just - but Iraq?
It seems like deja vue - and we’re back to the early days of the last big war when our men were in Africa and Greece while the menace was coming from the north.
Come on Mr Truss, come one little Johnny … tell us why our men are so far away when they should be at home preparing for when the Noggies come over the hill.
