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It’s high time to question Australia’s culture of military hero-worship
Australia has prostrated itself for too long at the altar of Anzac mythology at the expense of other national foundation truths
As the wheels of justice begin a glacial grind along the dusty tracks of Australia’s alleged Special Air Service war criminals, it is time to stop, to look inwards as a nation, and to…
- Paul Daley
- The Guardian
How did the so-called “best of the best” Australian troops, the “elite” revered the world over, come to be (allegedly) torturing defenceless prisoners, cutting the throats of children (alleged…
Who has contributed to creating an Australian culture of military hero-worship that allowed this all to…