When I say decorated, I’m talking the Victoria Cross, the highest honour in British Commonwealth nations.
https://www.theguardian.com/australi...latest-updates
Ben Roberts-Smith was in Australia’s elite Special Air Service Regiment and served in Afghanistan. During the 2010s stories were circulating about Australian troops there engaging in war crimes. Roberts-Smith and the patrols he commanded featured in these stories. In short he murdered three non-combatants amongst other war crimes.
His case and those of other Afghanistan veterans were referred to Australian war crimes investigators. If the wheels of justice in general move slowly, when it comes to war crimes, it is positively glacial, and he has not yet been charged, but other soldiers have been.
Anyway, here’s where courageous newspapers (I’m not sure I’ve ever used that term before) came to the fore. The Age published the story, together with supporting evidence from soldiers in the SAS and even videos of one shooting. Roberts-Smith sued for defamation, and the case went on for nearly 2 years.
Today the judgement came, the papers were found to have reported truthfully. He is, in fact, a war criminal and murderer. Let’s hope the war crimes charges are laid very soon.
A couple of interesting side issues. He may be stripped of his Victoria Cross, and however brave he was at that time (and he was exceptionally brave) he has forfeited the right to it in my opinion. The other is one of costs, which look like being around $40m. Roberts-Smith does not have that sort of money, but he has been backed throughout by one of Australia’s wealthiest men, and owner of the Seven West media giant, Kerry Stokes. It remains to be seen if he covers the cost or if Roberts-Smith is bankrupted.
But this story is far from over. Stay tuned.
I, and I believe, the vast majority of Australians are very proud of the bravery and accomplishments of our military. My grandfather and his brothers served in WWI. I can’t even imagine the horrors they faced. Other relatives served in WW2 and friends served in Vietnam. This **** has sullied our military and I hope he rots in jail.
https://www.theguardian.com/australi...latest-updates
Ben Roberts-Smith was in Australia’s elite Special Air Service Regiment and served in Afghanistan. During the 2010s stories were circulating about Australian troops there engaging in war crimes. Roberts-Smith and the patrols he commanded featured in these stories. In short he murdered three non-combatants amongst other war crimes.
His case and those of other Afghanistan veterans were referred to Australian war crimes investigators. If the wheels of justice in general move slowly, when it comes to war crimes, it is positively glacial, and he has not yet been charged, but other soldiers have been.
Anyway, here’s where courageous newspapers (I’m not sure I’ve ever used that term before) came to the fore. The Age published the story, together with supporting evidence from soldiers in the SAS and even videos of one shooting. Roberts-Smith sued for defamation, and the case went on for nearly 2 years.
Today the judgement came, the papers were found to have reported truthfully. He is, in fact, a war criminal and murderer. Let’s hope the war crimes charges are laid very soon.
A couple of interesting side issues. He may be stripped of his Victoria Cross, and however brave he was at that time (and he was exceptionally brave) he has forfeited the right to it in my opinion. The other is one of costs, which look like being around $40m. Roberts-Smith does not have that sort of money, but he has been backed throughout by one of Australia’s wealthiest men, and owner of the Seven West media giant, Kerry Stokes. It remains to be seen if he covers the cost or if Roberts-Smith is bankrupted.
But this story is far from over. Stay tuned.
I, and I believe, the vast majority of Australians are very proud of the bravery and accomplishments of our military. My grandfather and his brothers served in WWI. I can’t even imagine the horrors they faced. Other relatives served in WW2 and friends served in Vietnam. This **** has sullied our military and I hope he rots in jail.
via International Skeptics Forum https://ift.tt/wpnLSvr
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire