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@lexi16139 @BecFreedom @_workers How do you think that bringing down Ben Roberts-Smith is a colluded smear campaign? A bilateral plot spanning 10 years and three different governments?

@BecFreedom @_workers He is not a murderer! You all should be ashamed of yourself. Were you there? NO! This man has been framed! Just another witch hunt on an innocent man! Warriors of the keyboards who believe everything even when he is set up and it is another distraction. Disgusting!

Unfortunately the National Workers Alliance has had to postpone their upcoming rally. If everyone could please respect the wishes of the family that would be great @_workers

@Tigers_of_Old This is the reality of any rebuild but especially true for us as we landed so many midfielders - not all the cubs are going to make it.

McAuliffe stiff to be omitted imho. Seems like he’s always first out. He may not ever be good enough but considering he was an inside mid asked to fill an outside role over preseason, it’s absolutely fair to ask if he’s being given every opportunity to succeed. Disappointing.🐯

@TheKennyDevine The one thing on which pro- and anti-Roberts-Smith people agree is that it isn't right that his superiors are not investigated for their role as overseers responsible for cultural wellbeing.

'The ADF won't achieve their recruitment goals unless Australian soldiers are allowed to murder brown people without consequences' Good Lord.

@_sjblack @AFLcomau @aflwomens A good coaching appointment! And full time no less! Wonders will never cease...

GWS had appointed Brisbane premiership captain Emma Zielke as its first fulltime AFLW assistant coach. More on @AFLcomau @aflwomens

@MusicBrownlow 3 Pyro 2 Use Somebody 1 Radioactive

Voting is open in the #LeonDavisMedal. We want to know your top three songs by Kings of Leon. Give us your 3-2-1

Wasps are perhaps the last animal that we have universally decided is the enemy that cannot be left to live in peace

@DeepNotShallow They would rather lose elections than lobbyist support.

If you're a young Democrat sitting here wondering why Hakeem Jefferies and Chuck Schumer didn't pass the War Powers Resolution when they had a chance and passed Trump's war budget... Well... *taps sign*

@MikeCarlton01 Jim's Mowing didn't pick up the phone?

Oh, FFS…

The silver lining on Ben Roberts-Smith's charges... a timely reminder (to those who needed it most) that we should never go to war lightly.

@k_cay1 @DrewPavlou Boy, I've got even worse news for you on that front...

@C14OConnor @DrewPavlou My comment is soldier in the field related, which is all that is related to me as a Aus citizen. His homelife is not my concern.

It’s not even about Ben Roberts-Smith, it’s about tearing down every symbol of the nation, every symbol of greatness. Retarded self loathing Labor hacks who have never worked a second outside the Labor Party hack machine in their entire lives see a 2 meter tall war hero who single-handedly stormed two Taliban gun nests and feel an instanteous knee jerk need to destroy him, to tear him down. Ben Roberts-Smith’s ultimate crime was to be a straight white man who fought bravely for his country in war. That is the exact type of demographic the Australian Labor government need to demoralise and tear down. That’s why he’s being prosecuted and tortured

@Clint1V @DrewPavlou Several, especially given that Roberts-Smith had threatened at least two of them against testifying. What's your point?

@C14OConnor @DrewPavlou Oh really how many of them were subpoenaed and reluctant to testify?

@k_cay1 @DrewPavlou In his defamation lawsuit, the court heard that he had assaulted his former partner.

@DrewPavlou Someone said it on here earlier. Hes the exact type of bloke id want standing between the enemy and my kids.

@Clint1V @DrewPavlou You do know that members of his unit - aka people who were there - testified against him in his defamation lawsuit?

What’s particularly frustrating is all the public judgement. He hasn’t been found guilty of any criminal charge. No one actually knows what happened unless they were there. When dealing with terrorist enemies who do not believe in the Geneva convention or rules of engagement at all there are going to be grey areas.

@DrewPavlou Dude, you really need to get over this para-social relationship you have with the poster boy

@DrewPavlou Is it devastating to learn that soldiers are, in fact, held to account for murdering civilians? Does it pop your little Call of Duty fantasy?

I don’t care what Ben Roberts Smith did in Afghanistan, the simple fact of the matter is that if the CCP invaded Australia tomorrow we would be handing him a rifle and telling him to go out and defend our nation. So how can we betray him like this? Australians sleep peaceably in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. Ben Roberts-Smith is that rough man.

@elliev25x @HonTonyAbbott Colonel Jessop talked about honour and the code but when two soldiers were in trouble, he decided preserving himself meant more than doing the right thing.

@HonTonyAbbott Reminded me of this quote from the classic movie "A few good men".

Especially today, my instinctive sympathy remains with all of our special forces soldiers from the Afghanistan campaign, fighting at our country’s command against a merciless enemy, often under highly restrictive rules of engagement that meant known terrorists were captured and released many times. As prime minister during multiple deployments, and having spent time with our troops in war-zones, I could not have asked for a more loyal and professional military and my respect for their service is undiminished. Of course, there are rules that have to be observed and enforced, even against soldiers in times of war. Still, it’s wrong to judge the actions of men in mortal combat by the standards of ordinary civilian life. If Ben Roberts-Smith transgressed, why wasn’t this picked up prior to his gallantry awards and why wasn’t any culture of brutality towards prisoners detected by his more senior officers, and dealt with quickly, rather than being allowed to fester, as has been alleged, for over a decade? The Brereton investigation commenced in 2016 and only concluded in 2020. The first war crime charge against a former special forces soldier was only laid in 2023 and three years later, this has still not been finalised. After doing their best to serve our country, dozens of former special forces soldiers should not still be in limbo years later because of ongoing investigations that have only resulted in charges in two cases. Justice delayed is justice denied. If evidence is clear, and cases are strong, they should be brought and concluded without delay. Otherwise, people should be cleared to get on with their lives lest the process itself become the punishment. In Afghanistan, our soldiers fought bravely and well for a just cause. I am very sorry that some of them have been subjected to a form of persecution by the country they served.

We have a new wave of Ben Roberts-Smith defenders. Wilful denialists, the lot of them.

@TheKennyDevine Nothing ruins their fantasy of Australian soldiers crushing nameless bad guys like the law.

'Patriots'

@Court1066408 Members of his SAS unit testified against him.

Arrested for defending his country and following orders. This is a f’ng disgrace. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over alleged war crimes skynews.com.au/australia-news…

@Kate_McClymont Nick McKenzie's and Chris Masters' investigative journalism into Roberts-Smith was extraordinary.

Just wow!!! smh.com.au/national/ben-r…