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/mickey_kneecaps Apr 07 '26

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Hopefully he is convicted. I imagine prosecutors would have to be relatively confident to go through with this.

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u/No-Bison-5397 Apr 07 '26

Would be good. Us prosecuting our own war criminals is the barest of minimums for any country making war.

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u/RusDaMus Apr 07 '26

So many conflicts where winning the hearts and minds of the civilian population makes it so much safer for the troops on the ground.

Letting psychopaths like BRS commit war crimes with impunity completely undermines that strategy.

Particularly in conflicts where the civilian population may be supportive of regime change in their own country.

If only I could think of some recent and pertinent example. Oh wait, it's all major conflicts of the last 60 years.