The drums of war are indeed beating. And it may well be that Australia will again be sending her warriors overseas.
These are ‘brutal truths’, notwithstanding Canberra’s denigration of our soldiers’ ancient ‘warrior culture’. After all, is it still not the aim of the army to kill the enemy, and to accept for themselves, as Pericles said ‘joyfully’, the risk of death?
The problem is too many politicians have for too long seemed determined to damage morale.
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