As a middle power, Australia should be careful what it wishes for when it comes to an illegal war with Iran | Andrew Wilkie

I resigned from the intelligence services over the fraudulent case for the invasion of Iraq in 2003. And I see some alarming parallels with this case

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Despite the blatant obfuscation by the Australian government and the opposition, the US-Israel war on Iran is illegal.

To have legal grounds for the use of force, a country must be acting in self-defence in response to an attack or imminent attack, or be acting with the express approval of the UN security council.

Andrew Wilkie is the independent member for Clark