Australia's most-decorated living soldier arrested over alleged war crimes

5 pointsposted 8 hours ago
by defrost

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bradley13

7 hours ago

Very mixed feelings on this. On the one hand, yes, soldiers should uphold high standards. On the other hand, war is horrible, things happen, and nothing is blach-and-white.

And on the gripping hand: Years after the fact, with zero evidence, relying solely on malleable human memory - is that really a basis for criminal prosecution?

defrost

7 hours ago

It's notable that at least one of the five eyes is willing to examine a potential mote when four out of five think there's a beam in the fifth.