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Posted: May 2nd 2008 6:28PM (Unverified) said

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Wait. Hold up. The Australians have an Army?!
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 6:54PM Zoot Suit Jedi Grammar Hammer En said

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Man, you totally beat me to it. I was like "I'm sorry, the Aussie what?!?"
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 6:56PM Trojan said

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Posted: May 2nd 2008 6:35PM (Unverified) said

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You have to fight the kangaroo threat somehow.
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 6:43PM Nick the Hero of Canton said

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So games that actually recruit you to the army where you can kill actual people are acceptable in this world but games with no realism are not?
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 6:43PM 343 Guilty Fart said

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OMG it's like what Glen Beck said, video games were developed by the military industrial complex to indoctrinate our youth to kill kill kill!!!
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 6:44PM (Unverified) said

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These colour's don't run? You do know that Iron Maiden are British?
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 6:49PM Neebs said

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It's an American thing too.
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 7:51PM Foetoid said

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It's kinda sad when the rest of the world doesnt know the basic facts about the land-down-under. The fact is, Australia is just as big and beautiful, with the same technologies and infrastructure as the US, but with only 20 million people. Australia is the biggest exporter in the world of:

Coal, Wool, Alumina, Diamonds, Sheep, Lead, Refined zinc ores and Mineral sands.

a lot of which are vital to the rest of the world. It might be worth noting that the 2 main allies to the US-lead forces in Iraq, are England and Australia. It shits me a bit when people think we're a backwater country catching up with everyone else. Our unemployment rate is MUCH lower than the US, our homeless rate is like 1/10th of the US, our tax system works 10x better, and we're a far richer country per capita. The only thing we are a little behind on is high-speed internet. Most people can only access a max of 8mbs, adsl2+ is available to some areas of capital cities with a 24mbs peak speed. Educate yourselves:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 9:36PM bobloblaw said

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You forgot to mention the Kangaroos.
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 11:32PM (Unverified) said

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Amen man I don't know why all these idiots are talking trash on aussie. I love Australia and plan on moving there in the future so my children can have a better life. Australia has so much more to offer then this fat and racist country. It's also worth noting that Australia has it's own special forces team and it's one of the best in the world. Only special forces we have that compare are the SEAL's.
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Posted: May 4th 2008 5:57PM hvnlysoldr said

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Every country is racist. Others are just more homogeneous than the US. And no I don't forget that Australia was one of the countries right there on D-Day.
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 7:53PM Foetoid said

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You do know that it's not like we've got kangaroos just roaming the streets. Your best chance of ever seeing one is in a zoo. There are plenty out in the bush, but hardly anyone lives there.
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Posted: May 2nd 2008 7:54PM Foetoid said

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Stupid reply system. That was meant for Linkdead.
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Posted: May 3rd 2008 1:31AM (Unverified) said

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Australian Soldier here.

Just so you know, we've had these little flash games for years - I'm not sure if it was before that full-on "America's Army" thing (which I've never played, but I hear cost quite a bit to make). We're certainly not 'taking a cue' from them.

And yes, we clearly do have an army - we're in the 'green' (defensive) zones in Afghanistan and Iraq (possibly soon to be just Afghanistan) sorting out the shitfight left over by the regime changes, and also in East Timor and the Solomon Islands sorting out the mess from recent Military Coups.
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Posted: May 3rd 2008 4:27AM Foetoid said

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Hey it's good to see a soldier on here. I've been trying to join the army since mid-06 but i keep getting knocked back because my previous work history doesnt show any commitment and they dont think i can commit to the army (which is fair enough). I'm wanting to join the army as an Information Systems Technitian deployable in a Communications Node (yeah i've dont my reseach). What exactly do you do.
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Posted: May 4th 2008 10:25AM (Unverified) said

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Fucking Yanks with their guns, racism, wanton murdering and redneck politicans - theyre all the same they is...
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Posted: May 3rd 2008 12:17PM (Unverified) said

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US Air Force here - of course Australia has a military, you geniuses. I saw it when I was in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Show some respect for our boys down under who are helping us with wars they didn't have to.
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Posted: May 4th 2008 5:58PM hvnlysoldr said

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I really liked the Robin Williams' starred movie Toys.
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