Brigadier: "There is no war on terrorism"

By Cynthia Banham, Defence Reporter, SMH

"The so-called global war on terrorism does not exist, a high-ranking
army officer has declared in a speech that challenges the conventional
political wisdom.

"In a frank speech, Brigadier Justin Kelly dismissed several of the
central tenets of the Iraq war and the war on terrorism, saying the
"war" part is all about politics and terrorism is merely a tactic.

"Although such wars were fuelled by global issues, they were essentially
counter-insurgent operations fought on a local level. This would result
in Australian soldiers fighting in increasingly urban environments.

"Speaking at a conference on future warfighting, Brigadier Kelly, the
director-general of future land warfare, also suggested that the
'proposition you can bomb someone into thinking as we do has been found
to be untrue'.

"His speech appears to fly in the face of a comment by the Prime
Minister, John Howard, last year that the 'contest in Iraq represents a
critical confrontation in the war against terror ...'"
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