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The character I chose to represent in the Afghanistan Invasion in 1978 is John Howard, Treasurer of Australia. Howard was an individual that mostly opposed Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser because of all his crazy spending. Due to Prime Minister Fraser not being able to control the budget placed for Australia, Howard proposed to have a major cutback on areas like welfare and defense (Van Onselen and Errington). One of the reasons why cutbacks on defense was possible, was due to Australia having an alliance with Great Britain and the United States, so there was less of a chance for a nation to attack because two great powers supported the nation of Australia. Also if the cutbacks were not done, then the Australian economy would plummet. Unemployment

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