[Angus]

I think the soldiers who are deployed need to have some validation and justification for their being required to put their lives on the line for other countries.

Personally, I think we need to stop acting as if we we still had an empire, and wake up to the realisation we are no longer in a position, either morally or financially, to take on other countries' battles. We already do more than enough (some would say way too much) in terms of overseas aid and taking in asylum seekers.