OT or Not OT: Twilight 2030

[kato13]

Originally Posted by Raellus

If Australia's government is so reluctant to employ its military in, what amounts essentially to its own backyard (i.e. PNG or, slightly further afield, Korea or SE Asia), why does Australia contribute troops to the coalition effort in Afghanistan? That's a fair bit further from Australia than any of the afore-mentioned theaters and, surely, it isn't treaty-bound to do so.

Australia has provided military support to the coalition under the ANZUS treaty.

http://rslnsw.org.au/commemoration/h...-war-on-terror

Australia first committed military personnel to Afghanistan in October 2001 after the 11 September attacks on the World Trade Centre. Prime Minister John Howard invoked Article VI of the ANZUS Treaty in support of Australia’s involvement—the only time the Treaty has been invoked. The Australian Parliament supported the commitment on 17 September 2001.

http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliame...adfafghanistan