Can Abbott defeat IS in a war of character?

By Jack Waterford
Updated April 23 2018 - 8:45pm, first published September 16 2014 - 4:14pm

Eleven years ago, Tony Abbott said that winning the war on terror could never be done on the battlefield. It was a test of character, which would be won by moral strength.

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