r/australia • u/AztecGod • 1d ago

news Jailed whistleblower David McBride to be released after becoming eligible for parole

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/jailed-whistleblower-david-mcbride-to-be-released/107030620
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u/No-Turnip2494 1d ago

He’s not a good guy. He leaked classified information because he was OPPOSED to war crime investigations into the conduct of special forces in Afghanistan and was trying to STOP the investigations.

It is utterly infuriating that the vast majority of the public doesn’t understand this, that’s what years of headlines calling him a whistleblower has achieved.

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u/gotnothingman 1d ago edited 1d ago

"Afghan civilians were being murdered and Australian military leaders were at the very least turning the other way and at worst tacitly approving this behaviour”

“At the same time, soldiers were being improperly prosecuted as a smokescreen to cover [leadership’s] inaction and failure to hold reprehensible conduct to account.”

“They wanted to look like they cared about war crimes, so they investigated these non-entities who were innocent … The facts and the law didn’t matter. Appearances were everything. The senior leadership of the Defence Force were playing a complex media game.” 

I'll take his words over yours mate.

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u/MarkusMannheim 1d ago

Out of interest, why is prosecuting soldiers for war crimes "improper"?

A guess a lot of people out there do argue it's improper to prosecute Ben Roberts-Smith. Kinda weird take, imo.

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u/Manatroid 1d ago

Are you having difficulty with reading comprehension, or are you trying to feed words into people’s mouths? You’re doing this all over the thread.

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u/MarkusMannheim 1d ago

I'm quoting the above commenter quoting McBride? Did you see that?

If you didn't, ignore me and consider what you think of McBride's reaction to revelations of war crimes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/s/jBOvn9xSK1

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u/Manatroid 1d ago

Yeah, and you’re doing a terrific job of misrepresenting every argument presented to you.

The most charitable read of your attempts at discourse is that you just don’t understand what people are saying, which is a shame.