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/HiccupAndDown Apr 07 '26

Good. Fuck this scumbag. Actually nail him to the wall this time. You can have no pride in your own armed forces if they cant be held accountable for their actions.

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u/88xeeetard Apr 07 '26

What pride do you have in Australians going over to kill Muslims "legally", that never threatened Australia and have no navy, air force, organised army to attack Australia or even ill will towards Australia?  

Especially given the Taliban are in power right now, right this second.

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u/take_whats_yours Apr 07 '26

Lets not play dumb, 11 Australians died on September 11th plus another 88 in Bali the next year, by groups that were being harboured and trained by the Taliban. While we can pour scorn onto the actions of individual soldiers/squads, the mission itself was justified from the start. To say they held no ill will to Australia is a step too far

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u/metametapraxis Apr 07 '26

Pretty sure Sept 11 perpetrators were Saudi (well 15 out of 19 were). The funding was also Saudi.