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curl-6 said:

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's best hope of re-election. They've effectively distracted everyone from his god-awful policies and set him up to pull the old "vote for me and I'll save you from the evil-doers" thing.

 

He should publically thank them if he gets back in.


This is very much true.

The Spanish Civil War (  http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War  ) has a lot in common with what happens in Syria/Iraq. Those that went there to fight were hated by almost everyone. Decades later they became "heroes".