Australia’s unnecessary involvement in various wars

Our Prime Ministers and other senior Ministers must bear the greatest responsibility for atrocious decisions to involve us in wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam. They have shown repeatedly that they are not up to the task.

At least 39 cold-blooded murders have been committed in our name by Australian special forces in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016. Appropriately there has been much analysis and wringing of hands at the official revelation of these atrocities, which have included experienced soldiers bullying newbies to commit murder so that they would be “blooded”. Can we sink any lower?

And where does responsibility lie? There is surely plenty for sharing.

War is a thoroughly bad idea, albeit very occasionally an…