Australia has doubts about Afghanistan

(B2) The meeting between NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Australian Defense Minister John Faulkner should be the time for clarification. Before leaving for Bratislava, where the meeting of NATO Defense Ministers is being held, the Australian gave an interview to ABC Radio where he made clear his desire to see the mission completed as soon as possible. "I've certainly asked the Australian Defense Force for any recommendations they have about ensuring we do complete that important role and responsibility both effectively, but in the shortest time frame possible" adding, then: "I don't want to see Australian troops in Afghanistan a day longer than is necessary.“The Australians, who have 1500 men, most of them in Uruzgan, fear they will feel a little lonely after the Dutch leave that province next year. Clearly they don't care, but then not at all...