Fools rush in: Tony Abbott joins a war without definition

By Paul McGeough
Updated September 15 2014 - 6:13pm, first published 2:06am
Tony Abbott speaks of Australia's military plans with the Chief of Defence, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, in Darwin on Sunday. Photo: Office of the Prime Minister
Tony Abbott speaks of Australia's military plans with the Chief of Defence, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, in Darwin on Sunday. Photo: Office of the Prime Minister
Search for allies: US Secretary of State John Kerry confers with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud in Jeddah on Thursday. Photo: Brendan Smialowski
Search for allies: US Secretary of State John Kerry confers with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud in Jeddah on Thursday. Photo: Brendan Smialowski
Tony Abbott speaks of Australia's military plans with the Chief of Defence, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, in Darwin on Sunday. Photo: Office of the Prime Minister
Tony Abbott speaks of Australia's military plans with the Chief of Defence, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, in Darwin on Sunday. Photo: Office of the Prime Minister
Search for allies: US Secretary of State John Kerry confers with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud in Jeddah on Thursday. Photo: Brendan Smialowski
Search for allies: US Secretary of State John Kerry confers with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud in Jeddah on Thursday. Photo: Brendan Smialowski
Tony Abbott speaks of Australia's military plans with the Chief of Defence, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, in Darwin on Sunday. Photo: Office of the Prime Minister
Tony Abbott speaks of Australia's military plans with the Chief of Defence, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, in Darwin on Sunday. Photo: Office of the Prime Minister
Search for allies: US Secretary of State John Kerry confers with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud in Jeddah on Thursday. Photo: Brendan Smialowski
Search for allies: US Secretary of State John Kerry confers with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud in Jeddah on Thursday. Photo: Brendan Smialowski
Tony Abbott speaks of Australia's military plans with the Chief of Defence, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, in Darwin on Sunday. Photo: Office of the Prime Minister
Tony Abbott speaks of Australia's military plans with the Chief of Defence, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, in Darwin on Sunday. Photo: Office of the Prime Minister
Search for allies: US Secretary of State John Kerry confers with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud in Jeddah on Thursday. Photo: Brendan Smialowski
Search for allies: US Secretary of State John Kerry confers with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud in Jeddah on Thursday. Photo: Brendan Smialowski
David Haines, a British man reportedly executed by Islamic State militants. Photo: Supplied
David Haines, a British man reportedly executed by Islamic State militants. Photo: Supplied

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