Our involvement in this endless conflict has now cost the lives of 29 Australian soldiers and more than 200 wounded, over … More
Category: World
Gaddafi the Black Knight
The execrable Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi (still only a colonel?) has thrown the switch to vaudeville, announcing a tactical retreat … More
American Civilisation: An Oxymoron?
US popular and political mindsets are really perpexing to the outsider. Congress is deeply divided over White House proposals for health … More
‘Capitalism: A Love Story’
Michael Moore’s new film ventures into the broken lives of low income Americans suffering in the sub-prime melt-down and so-called global financial crisis, and … More
Australia’s Afghan War
Retired Major-General Jim Molan was chief of operations of the multinational force in Iraq in 2004, and criticised for orchestrating … More
Barracking for Obama
Devilishly-cunning Norwegians know how to apply the blowtorch to Obama’s behind or feet or wherever, with a ‘premature’ award of the Nobel Peace … More
Afghanistan Agony
Afghanistan has rocks and hard places galore, and the U.S. and its allies are firmly stuck between them, including Australia. … More
Missile Madness
President Obama has decided to scrap plans for a US missile defence shield system in Eastern Europe. Proposed by the Bush government … More
Timor Time: Letter to G. Whitlam
Dear Gough, Events at Balibo in Timor in 1975, involving the killing of five Australian journalists by Indonesian military, and … More
More Afghanistan Truths
Against a backdrop of more deaths of NATO soldiers and a vacuum of political debate about Australia’s war engagement in Afghanistan, pertinent public assessments were made last week. Prof Hugh White … More
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