Babylon Again: The West’s Enduring Need for an Eastern Enemy
Repeating the patterns of millennia, The war in Iran is yet another instance of the West challenging the East, using the farce of divine rhetoric.
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August 1, 2026
The Whinger’s Litany
You disagree? You must be red.A commie, comrade – latte-fed,except it’s flat white, thanks a lot;don’t let a coffee spoil the plot."Marxist!" spat like it’s a curse,from a man who’s…
July 5, 2026
The Unfinished War: Why the Crusades Never Really Ended
Awareness of historically loaded tropes can prevent a rash response to a perceived or actual provocation.
June 20, 2026
Lest We Forget What It Truly Costs: Achilles, Anzac, and the Lie of Glorious War
War is not glory and to use the sacrifice of the fallen as propaganda for new battles, to undermine the courage and mateship for political gain is an insult.
April 23, 2026
Beacon: Pope Leo XIV, the Prophetic Voice in the Dark
Far from buckling to threats by the United States, Pope Leo XIV's response has made clear that the papacy will not be bullied into compliance.
April 10, 2026
Accountability / Australian Defence Force / Domestic Law / International Law / Law Enforcement / Rule of Law
Roberts-Smith and Australians Serving in the IDF in Gaza
Equal treatment under the law requires that no-one be exempt from the accountability, including those serving in the Israeli military.
April 9, 2026
Political Quandary: One Nation’s Surge in Labor’s Leadership Vacuum
With the liberal party in tatters and Labor floundering under Albanese's spineless leadership, One Nation fills a dangerous void.
April 2, 2026
The Machine That Never Stops: War, Capital and the Unending Carnage of Modern Conflict
Rather than an ideological difference of opinion, war is machine, an indictment of man's lack of insight and humanity.
March 26, 2026
The Unravelling Sky: War, Power, and the Expendable Millions
Old men at the end of their lives send young people at the beginning of theirs to fight and die for something they have no say in .
March 24, 2026
Sparks in the Abyss – Humanity, Honour, and Hope in the Great War
Accounts from the First World War demonstrate that even in the hells of the trenches humanity was not completely lost.
March 23, 2026
Wasted Youth: Remarque, Heroism and the Enduring Folly of War
Erich Maria Remarque's seminal novel All Quiet on the Western Front is an indictment of the heroism expounded by old men who never see the field of battle.
March 16, 2026
Are We the Baddies? The West’s Moral Reckoning in the Current War with Iran
Bereft of the insight to realise the inconsistency of actions versus proclaimed values, the West faces a moral conundrum in the war with Iran.
March 12, 2026
Iranian Turmoil – The Ancient Wisdom of the Shield of Achilles
The Shield of Achilles cautions us to fully comprehend the consequences of the hasty path to war rather than the temperant course via diplomacy.
February 28, 2026
Isaac Herzog in Australia: Failed Diplomacy while Gaza is Destroyed
States must align their diplomatic practice with the principles they profess, including refusing gestures of friendship to those responsible for mass suffering.
February 10, 2026
Ballad of Fentanyl and Shadow Files
Come gather round, ye people all, and hearken to this song, Of troubled times in distant lands and power running wrong. The orange king upon his throne looked southwards in…
December 18, 2025
The Chessboard of Civilisations: Europe’s Hidden Debt to Islam
A history of a meeting of two civilisations in one small painting.
October 31, 2025
The Scorpion and the Frog: Israel and Regional Distrust
Israel's strikes against its Middle East neighbours over the past week injects poison into international relations, undermining diplomacy.
September 11, 2025
The Clash of Civilisations and the Gaza Conflict: How Huntington’s Thesis Fuels the Denomination of Islam in the West
Western nations must work toward transcending divisive rhetoric outlined by Huntington to reject his self-fulfilling prophecy society.
September 5, 2025
Gaza: Who Really Owns the Genocide?
The United States is heavily invested in the Israel, raising questions of its accountability in the Gaza genocide.
September 1, 2025