I woke (even earlier) this morning and I’m in a mischievous mood, so I’ll give my supporters something to laugh about in these ‘difficult times’ with this thread
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Many of my haters still proclaim:
“You shouldn’t have leaked to the ABC, and should have let Defence internal mechanisms sought things out! (traitor!)’
(Apart from this demonstrating a complete ignorance of the facts of my case) I’ll give you a quote from my book:
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“You shouldn’t have leaked to the ABC, and should have let Defence internal mechanisms sought things out! (traitor!)’
(Apart from this demonstrating a complete ignorance of the facts of my case) I’ll give you a quote from my book:
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‘I was faced with a stark reality. Our ‘heroes’ often weren’t heroes. Our villains often weren’t villains. Our claimed justification for the war were lies, and our claimed ‘progress’ was simply a lie made each year…
…the alternative reality of Western Democracies, that we were actually vile, duplicitous, money making machines, offered by people such as Julian Assange, was actually the truth. By believing our own propaganda we had made ‘theirs’ the reality.
But the solution was to politely ask the leadership of the Defence Force to consider ‘fixing themselves’.
Of course. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. (even though that’s what I did). But nothing happened. Except I was attacked.
Of course. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. (even though that’s what I did). But nothing happened. Except I was attacked.
It would have been a bit like Bernstein and Woodward, or Ellsberg, going to Nixon in private and asking him if he was a ‘crook’. When he replied in the negative, just shrugging their shoulders and saying ‘OK, glad we cleared that up’. 😜
To those who think the Brereton Inquiry was ‘good enough’, consider this:
it was a report written by a General,
at the behest of other Generals,
which found no Generals were at fault (except in some airy fairy, no punishment kind of way).
Nor are any trials on the horizon.
it was a report written by a General,
at the behest of other Generals,
which found no Generals were at fault (except in some airy fairy, no punishment kind of way).
Nor are any trials on the horizon.
Finally, I’ll end on a poll:
Do you think that the Australian Department of Defence was capable, and willing, to fix its problems (including alleged failed leadership) by ‘internal inquiry’ as a result of a Major (Legal Officer)‘a complaint’?
Do you think that the Australian Department of Defence was capable, and willing, to fix its problems (including alleged failed leadership) by ‘internal inquiry’ as a result of a Major (Legal Officer)‘a complaint’?
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