Tony Abbott’s Iraq Adventure, by Paul Barratt
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Romance and reality in following the United States into war
The Militarisation of Defence
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The Defence White Paper assumes an aggressive posture and receives unprecedented funding
Latest comment: If we have that much to spend on defence we should have no trouble 5 billion to improve the education...
Afghanistan: Gift or Grand Conceit?
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It is beyond most Westerners to understand today how offers of democracy are really much more than this: there is a widespread incapacity to grasp the social assumptions embedded in our ‘gifts’ writes John Hinkson
Elemental Blindness
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John Hinkson argues the predictable failure of the new strategy in Iraq
Civilisational Chauvinism
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With talk of a ‘long war’, the US has committed itself to a high-intensity, asymmetrical war against civilian populations, writes Guy Rundle
The Rogue to End All Rogues
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John Hinkson America’s nihilistic hold on WMD’s is the key to the insanity of its leaders
The Iraqi Connection
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Scott Burchill ‘Evidence’ for war so far presented is loaded in favour of a pre-determined conflict and panders to a wider need for grotesque self-deception.