(Not me) Official video from David McBride’s Official Youtube channel. If you don’t know who he is - I don’t blame you, with how little coverage this story has gotten

  • downpunxx@fedia.io
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    5 months ago

    “Why would he hand evidence of war crimes being committed to a journalist if HE wanted people to know that soldiers weren’t committing war crimes?”

    because he’s a moron

    The reporters weren’t ultimately prosecuted because they did nothing wrong in exposing the war crimes, freedom of the press, the public’s right to know, bad publicity for the prosecution service, take your pick

    OF COURSE THE ABC GAVE HIM UP, he’s a moron, on the moron scale he’s an 11, his mum slapped herself, his teachers quit and are now living lives of public piety and humiliation in Tibet

    • ⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻@aussie.zoneOPM
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      5 months ago

      So it’s either A:

      • David McBride is an idiot who misinterpreted what was happening as a defence lawyer investigating war crimes
      • War crimes happened
      • Commanders and Politicians aren’t smart enough to cover up war crimes committed by PR exercises like Ben Roberts-Smith by investigating otherwise innocent soldiers

      Or B:

      • David McBride is not an idiot
      • War crimes happened
      • Commanders and Politicians are smart enough to attempt to cover up war crimes committed by the likes of Ben Roberts-Smith (Australia’s most decorated soldier, was used to ‘sell’ the war to Australians).

      I choose B, but hey, you know better because of some random BBC article and an ABC hit piece