We need a full inquiry into Australia's Iraq war

[...]with hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars going into defence expenditure, and new plans to expand defence exports to countries guilty of horrendous human rights abuses, silence is a recipe for disaster. Unfortunately, as Labor fears looking weak on matters of defence and national security,...

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Published inThe Age (Melbourne, Vic.)
Main Author RICHARD DI NATALE
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne, Vic Fairfax Digital 23.02.2018
Subjects
Defense
National security
Women
Afghanistan
United Kingdom > UK
Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
Al Fallujah Iraq
Iraq
Australia
Syria
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Summary:[...]with hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars going into defence expenditure, and new plans to expand defence exports to countries guilty of horrendous human rights abuses, silence is a recipe for disaster. Unfortunately, as Labor fears looking weak on matters of defence and national security, we now rely on the Greens, veterans such as Ben Wadham at Flinders University, and military experts such as our former national head of defence Paul Barratt to push hardest for accountability through an Iraq war inquiry. Only by understanding the rationale behind John Howard's decision to take us to war will we avoid another disastrous foreign policy catastrophe, and there could not be a more important time than with a dangerous hawk currently occupying the White House.
ISSN:2203-580X
0312-6307