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Australia can achieve nothing in Iraq or Syria

Thousands of miles from here a backward, misogynist, psychotic group of Sunni Muslims is terrorising all within their reach. Quite rightly, the Australian government has not committed a single soldier to counter this evil. I speak of Boko Haram in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. A similarly backward, misogynist, psychotic group of Sunni Muslims called ISIS […]

David Leyonhjelm reports for the Financial Review:

Thousands of miles from here a backward, misogynist, psychotic group of Sunni Muslims is terrorising all within their reach. Quite rightly, the Australian government has not committed a single soldier to counter this evil. I speak of Boko Haram in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon.

A similarly backward, misogynist, psychotic group of Sunni Muslims called ISIS is carrying out its own reign of terror in Iraq and Syria. In response the Australian government has committed hundreds of Australian military personnel to confront ISIS in Iraq, and now Dan Tehan proposes extending this commitment to Syria.

What's the difference between Boko Haram and ISIS?