Flaps up and blinkers on: politicians happy with the unknown unknowns of fighting war

RAAF warplanes fly over Syria in Australia’s first airstrikes on that country in September 2015. (Image: AAP/ADF)
When it comes to the powers vested in politicians to send Australians to war, the major parties wilfully ignore the fact that the system is broken.

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