Most Australians want us out of Afghanistan. It doesn't matter how old they are, how they vote or how much they earn. That's what Essential Research found last week in their poll. The trouble is both the Labor Government and the Opposition have both pledged support for Obama so we could be there for years and years.
Coalition deaths in Afghanistan by country are listed below as at 24th June 2010. Add to this list the hundreds of maimed and wounded soldiers who have already gone home.
USA: 1062
UK: 303
Canada: 147
Germany: 47
France 44
Denmar: 33
Spain: 26
Italy: 24
Netherlands 24
Poland: 18
Australia: 16
Romania: 15
Estonia: 7
Norway: 5
Sweden: 4
Czech
Republic 3
Latvia: 3
Hungary: 2
Portugal: 2
South Korea 2
Turkey 2
Belgium 1
Finland: 1
Jordan: 1
Lithuania: 1
TOTAL: 1,793
http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/22/the-steady-and-widespread-erosion-of-support-for-the-afghan-conflict/
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