Geoff Keall
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Geoff Keall
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https://t.co/7leDglQBHd Kiwi by birth and by nature. Love NZ the Country. Author of The Semantics of i AM Leaving Your Past--Loving Your Future






















In March 2024 - Advertising legend John Singleton explained why he took out a full-page newspaper ad in support of Victoria Cross winner Ben Roberts-Smith. The ad, which was published in The Weekend Australian, is headlined “an apology to Ben Roberts-Smith from a coward.” In it he thanks the ex-SAS soldier “for his courage, strength, commitment and the torture you must now endure.” Singleton, a multi-millionaire businessman and advertising legend, said he dodged the Vietnam War, “lied my way out of it.” “Our Vets risked our lives for us. Were we there?” he said. Singleton, 82, said he was motivated to place the ad by what he saw as the “unfairness of it all”, especially with Anzac Day coming up. “I’ve never met Ben Roberts-Smith,” he said. “I have read every book I can on the bloke. You can do the same to you or me or anyone. It is horrible what’s happening.” “These guys who go (to overseas wars like Afghanistan), risk their life, time after time.” Singleton said he’d met ex-SAS soldiers on training programmes and expeditions, including a Mt Kilimanjaro climb. thenightly.com.au/politics/austr…















