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One race living well because of their subordination of another.

Thanks willolee, from a Sapper who demined in Cambodia, and Mozambique and served in Timor. The same Sapper who retired, and went as a contractor to Afghanistan to renovate and lengthen the Tarin Kowt dirtstrip and then maintain it for 3 solid years. A place from which I saw too many caskets lo...

@rachlovesthebeatles

To put my comments in context...I am an Australian who, when in my military,was deployed to Mozambique before the floods of 2000 to assist in the UN Accelerated De-mining Program....we were still cleaning up after the war.

Truthfully, I fell in love with a Mozambican lady, ...

Joined the ARA as a 19yr old in 1982, and can remember this song from 1983.

This song reverbrates within me, especially on the ANZAC Days I have spent/spend offshore, Mozambique (Op Coracle)2001, Timor 2004, Afghanistan 2006-8 (yes 3 yrs), and Mogadishu, Somalia since 2009.

This song rides with me every time I have to take a ride with the AMISOM armoured convoys through the streets here in Mogadishu.

It never fails to bring a tear to my ear when he sings...'tell the kids that I'll be home soon'...I have my kids in Australia and I was a Townsville Digger, in fact, ...

It was in Apr 06 that I (an Australian) as the Airfield Maintenance Manager at Tarin Kowt, recognised the opportunity for this capability to support the NDF in southern Afghanistan. A team was formed and flying on contract for the NDF within a month and, here it is 4yrs later, still going strong...