| interesting becuase in fact it was the aussie SAS troops who were ahead of the US troops into iraq. SAS guys were sending GPS coordinates for targets ahead of the main advance.
as others have said, the aussie contribution is largely symbolic. it's relevant to aussie politics, as it stamps the howard govt as a supporter of the WoT and the war on iraq. it helps bush by adding to the credibility of his "coalition of the willing" tag, which in turn makes him look more like a liberator than hitler blitzkrieging across europe :) |