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(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

    • 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Wow u sailed right past the point didn’t ya. Did u wave at it as it went over your head?

      He leaked military documents cos innocent soldiers where being used as scape goats for other people committing war crimes. He didn’t want to see innocent people be punished for other peoples war crimes.

      I would also like to point out the fact he was given a show trial where he wasn’t allowed to even use his evidence.

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

          No you:

          According to the affidavit, McBride wanted Australians to know that “Afghan civilians were being murdered and Australian military leaders were at the very least turning the other way and at worst tacitly approving this behaviour”.

          He continued: “At the same time, soldiers were being improperly prosecuted as a smokescreen to cover [leadership’s] inaction and failure to hold reprehensible conduct to account.”

          https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/27/war-crimes-whistleblower-david-mcbride-reveals-why-he-went-to-the-media

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

              Riddle me this then: 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?

              That Four Corners episode came out fairly recently. Tell me, what motives would Dan Oakes, an investigative journalist with a reputation, have to disparage a whistleblower who is about to be prosecuted? I dunno, maybe he doesn’t want to be the target of prosecution himself and distancing from him is protection?

              Why do you keep referring to the BBC article? It’s quite poorly worded and oversimplified for an international audience. You won’t find many articles about David McBride’s motives from before the case because he was secret then, the ABC gave him up.

                • ⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻@aussie.zoneOPMEnglish
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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

    • blazera@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I read through this and thought it was supportive of his exposing of war crimes. But then youre glad hes in jail for exposing war crimes and im just confused.