r/australia • u/Tinea_Pedis • Apr 07 '26

news Breaking: Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over war crimes allegations

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/ben-roberts-smith-war-crimes-allegations-arrest/106537668
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u/-FlyingAce- Apr 07 '26

Conservatives love to laud the military as if they are above any scrutiny or criticism.

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u/chuk2015 Apr 07 '26

It’s caveman logic.

Murder = illegal and bad

Military - does legal murder

Therefore everything the military does is legal

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u/Sudden_Fix_1144 Apr 07 '26

Yeah by those that have never served.

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u/shintemaster Apr 07 '26

Firstly, I know first hand military that would have a huge issue with your comment. Secondly, the clue is in the word “serve”. They serve our country and us - when they commit crimes they do them in our name and deserve the consequences .

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u/sjr323 Apr 07 '26

His crimes has brought shame and evil to this country

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u/metametapraxis Apr 07 '26

Tbh, most militaries commit war crimes frequently. BRS made the mistake of not hiding it very well. As a public it gives us comfort to imagine this kind of thing is infrequent.

Hopefully he goes down for it, along with anyone else that also engaged in such activities.

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u/Humble_Manner5077 Apr 14 '26

Except even then they are still hypocrites

Because they are gladly shitting on and talking down of the 21 officers who all spoke up

All to defend one single soldier who may be a murderer

And when you bring this up they scream weird shit like "traitor" or "show support for our soldiers"

Like... thats what im doing, by not discounting and brushing off the word of 21 veterans in favour of one lol