Anzac spirit but not battle ready
Aug 14th, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: OpinionGreg Sheridan: Bizarre in every way though the Georgian request for Australian military support against the Russians was, it speaks well of our military reputation.
Yet it may be that we are sustaining that reputation somewhat fraudulently. I certainly do not mean any disrespect to our magnificent men and women in uniform. But consider this: in both Iraq and Afghanistan, the US-led coalition would have liked us to take overall responsibility for a province, the sort of thing we did in Vietnam.