Abbott prefers to stay on the high moral ground in a war mired in murkiness
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May 25, 2015
As for the view of David Kilcullen, formerly an adviser to the US, UK and Australian governments, NATO and the International Security Assistance Force, who maintains it’s a mistake not to accept that IS is operating like a state, Abbott said: “I refuse to use that terminology, because I think that dignifies a death cult.”