A free media vs national security. Is it either or?
24 June 2019 · News
Comment from Peter Saxon
During World War II, the slogan Loose Lips Sink Ships was plastered on billboards everywhere among the Allied nations to remind citizens that enemy spies were rife and that ...
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Hi Peter. A thoughtful article but I must take issue with one part. Australian soldiers returning from Vietnam were never smuggled in in the dead of night to avoid protesters. This is one of the many myths around Australia's role in Vietnam that seem to have gathered currency over the years. Australian "atrocities" is another of those myths. I suggest anyone with an interest in this subject get a hold of Mark Dapin’s book "Australia’s Vietnam: Myth vs History".