Alleged War Crimes by Australian Soldiers

[Charliewool]

Leesa…. Fortunately, I’ve been blessed to not have been in the theatre of war….
A few here ARE Vets though.
End of the day…. You have NO right to judge!
Simply because you weren’t, nor will ever be in the horrific situations that these Australians were in!
I’m SO feckin over avocado eating do-gooders (oh the world’s beautiful!) that have NEVER had to lift a finger to defend Australia!
No more from me… And I suggest you deal with your obvious man-hating issues, and have a little respect for those actually putting their lives on the line!

Originally Posted by Charliewool

End of the day…. You have NO right to judge!
Simply because you weren’t, nor will ever be in the horrific situations that these Australians were in!
I’m SO feckin over avocado eating do-gooders (oh the world’s beautiful!) that have NEVER had to lift a finger to defend Australia!
No more from me… And I suggest you deal with your obvious man-hating issues, and have a little respect for those actually putting their lives on the line!

Are you saying that you think him defending australia means he shouldn't be investigated at all? He's allowed to do whatever he wants without consequence?

[Cashie]

Originally Posted by leesa

Are you saying that you think him defending australia means he shouldn't be investigated at all? He's allowed to do whatever he wants without consequence?

I take offence to individuals judging the actions of special forces soldiers from the comfort of a lounge chair. Go and spend 10 mins in their shoes and then come back home and judge them. To judge their actions in war against peacetime laws needs to be done with caution. War is hell, Afghanistan was and is hell for our servicemen.
Drinking from the prosthetic leg? Who cares really.
If genuine unjustified murder was committed over there then maybe let’s judge that.

I really hope that on the completion of this **** show that channel 9 are left looking pretty damn poorly. I really hope it hurts them when the sponsors and public dump them in retaliation.

[mondeomatureguy]

Hi Guys,
This is a very difficult post to comment on unless of course you were there fighting the war?
When i was a young boy my uncle was in New Guinea fighting the Japanese and when he returned home he never talked about what happened over there.

The only person that he talked to be side's his wife was my mum and she never told us what he said.

What these men go thru in war must be Hell for them. Why do i have the write to say " they should do this or that" when i haven't been i there shoes.
When i was a Hire car driver in the 90s i used to pick up War Veterans and take them to Concord Hospital for treatment then return them home.

We would always have a chat, and some of the story's these guys told me of what happened to them and there mates would turn your stomach.

Just remember the Enemy didn't play nice at times also.

[lra]

Originally Posted by mondeomatureguy

Hi Guys,
Just remember the Enemy didn't play nice at times also.

I will be interested as to when the ABC, Ch9, and newspapers start reporting when ISIS, Taliban, DAESH (or whoever) commence war crimes trials against their own members who beheaded civilians, detonated car bombs in market places, raped female prisoners, sent kids on suicide missions, and other Geneva convention approved activities.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by lra

I will be interested as to when the ABC, Ch9, and newspapers start reporting when ISIS, Taliban, DAESH (or whoever) commence war crimes trials against their own members who beheaded civilians, detonated car bombs in market places, raped female prisoners, sent kids on suicide missions, and other Geneva convention approved activities.

Ira makes joke.

[slowsnake]

I wasn't going to comment in this thread, i said its getting too "prickly" and somewhere on this thread, I think it was this one, I mentioned my father was a troopship cook during WW2.
I also remember him telling me he continued until 1949, I had asked him why he didn't demob at the end of hostilities, he said because he wouldn't stop because men had to be brought home to their families, he added that he wanted to cook meals for the POW's to show them some kindness, watch them enjoy a good meal, watch them smile again.

From galley boy in 1933 aged 13yrs, to 1st Assitant Cook in 1949, after he died from a nasty bone marrow cancer in 1986, my mother pursued the British Government for her war widow's pension, my dad got a "burnout pension" aged 62 yrs, we knew nothing of his war service until he applied for his pension, it was extensive, and after he died my mother decided to get all his war medals, he never applied, no interest for him.

I told her to leave em, but she insisted, I said Dad never got his medals for a reason, she said I was his wife and it keeps his memory alive?
Anyway she got em, there were more than I imagined, 2 of them he was mentioned in dispatches!
He had 6 campaign medals?..one had a bar for service in the Pacific region which designated a 7th campaign medal, he was also awarded the usual War medals etc...and I never saw them, I asked him if he ever fired a gun?.. he said only one time son, I said where, the evacuation of Crete son, and what type of gun dad, a Lewis gun son, what were you shooting at dad, Stuka dive bombers son, I said what ship were you on, the Costa Rica son, and what happened dad!..we were sunk son!

Pretty private stuff, but his private stuff, his life and war service, all hidden in his head, where he chose to keep it, and I can't imagine him being dragged through a public court hearing based on hearsay, it would of destroyed him as a man, that **** is so very very private.

They have to leave Ben Roberts-Smith in peace, it will destroy his head guilty or not guilty, the newspapers and TV channels have a lot to answer for, this man is a civilian, yet he is not being treated in a civil manner!
No amount of money will repair the damage already done...



Cheers King Billy

Originally Posted by Charliewool

No more from me… And I suggest you deal with your obvious man-hating issues, and have a little respect for those actually putting their lives on the line!

I have plenty of respect for the men and women that serve our country but what you're asking for isn't respect, it's blind subservience.
BRS wouldn't be where he is without some kind of evidence and there are plenty of people about to testify against him.

[Cashie]

Originally Posted by leesa

I have plenty of respect for the men and women that serve our country but what you're asking for isn't respect, it's blind subservience.
BRS wouldn't be where he is without some kind of evidence and there are plenty of people about to testify against him.

Yes, let’s sit back and see what eventuates.
Plenty of court cases go before a judge with “evidence” and get thrown out.
Appears you’ve already found BRS guilty however.