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29 Sep, 7 tweets, 4 min read
January 2018: After the excitement of our trip ‘on the run’ in Europe, we all decided it was best that our eldest daughter James went back to boarding school in Australia. If I was going to go to gaol, we would need as much stability as possible, and it would be the safest place. Image
It was the saddest goodbye, as I couldn’t accompany her, as I would likely be arrested on arrival, and I didn’t want her there whe it happened. I was so proud of her putting on a brave face, but I knew it simply wouldn’t ‘work’ for long without her with us.
When we spoke on the phone she kept up the facade, and the extended family were great, but those with children know the ‘missing feeling’ one gets if anyone is left behind. She knew why I had to stay away, but it also hurt.
Like all hard things it eventually made us stronger. I’m happy knowing that the younger generation are ready to take up the fight when their parents eventually fade.
My daughters and I will alway have a special bond. I know that whatever happened to me they would do everything to help me, travel any distance, surmount any obstacle, as I would them.
This is why I’m so grateful to all those who have either donated to the campaign, or sent kind words of encouragement. Anyone that helps me, helps my family, and for that we are eternally grateful. My supporters are family. 👊🙏❤️💪
#Accountability #afghanfiles #davidmcbride #whistleblower #AfghanistanDisaster #WikiLeaks #truth #auspol #Spain #children #love

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1 Oct
Aug 2018: One day James called from Australia. After a few minutes the line went silent. I could tell she was silently crying. There was something called the ‘Father Daughter Dance’ at her school and she had been talking about it all year.
Not having me there had taken on a meaning beyond simply the dance. I knew that if I went home I would get arrested, and as I was facing serious National Security charges I may not be be let out. But I could also tell that she was at breaking point.
There was a chance that if I flew in and out in a matter of hours I may not get caught. Without telling her, I booked a flight to Sydney and left Sarah and Georgie in Spain. I arrived the day of the ball and drove to the school.
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30 Sep
The (European) summer of 2018 was moments of fun tinged by sadness. Georgie, Sarah and I looked up old friends in the UK, and clowned around in medieval gear at the Tower of London.

It wasn’t the same without James. Image
After Sarah returned it was just Georgie and I in the mountains above Marbella. It was at least good to have my youngest to myself for a few months, and I did my best as a single Dad, in a strange place. We had some nice moments, like the peddle a cart races on the beach.
About that time the allegations were published in Australia that a highly decorated SAS soldier was actually a murderer who cynically lied about what actually went on operations, routinely planting weapons on dead civilians, even throwing a person off a cliff in a fit of anger.
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29 Sep
It’s funny how the countries who go to war most are ‘democracies’…it’s almost as if ‘going to war’ is a vote winner.🤔

I guess it’s just a coincidence.

They wouldn’t sacrifice the lives of their own soldiers for an election, would they?

That’s impossible, surely?
The great thing about committing your country to war in a democracy is that even if you stuff it all up, and you never could have won, it’s likely going be blamed on the ‘other guys’.
Consider this:

GW Bush: Started two major wars, re-elected with an increased majority.
Obama: lots of ‘war’. Re-elected.

Trump: said he would stop war. Loses.

Biden: Ends war, loses popularity, but wants to start another to make up for it.

Your tax dollars at work!
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28 Sep
If anyone still thinks the US are the good guys of the world consider the case of Catherine Gun.

She was a principled officer at GCHQ before the Iraq War, who (rightly) took exception to the fact the UK was tasked by the US to gather incriminating evidence on UN officials.
The reason the US wanted incriminating evidence on the UN officials was because they represented the ‘balance of power’ in the UN Security Council, and the US intended to Blackmail them to vote for war in Iraq.
That is the US was getting the UK to break the law, and be complicit in blackmail, in order to launch a war that would kill and displace (eventually) millions of people, in order to achieve US ‘foreign policy objectives’ (invasions that bring domestic electoral success)
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28 Sep
After the publication of the ‘Afghan Files’, I went to Spain for one last attempt to get publicity for the case. While was there the AFP raided my house and it was clear I would soon be arrested. Sarah and the girls came to join me in Spain for one last holiday.
We travelled to the Sahara desert on the Moroccan-Algerian border, and rode the camel train into the dunes. To get there we had to travel for many long days on ferries, trains, and mini-buses, sometimes all night, but they never complained.
They knew there was a warrant for my arrest, and that I may be in gaol for a long time, maybe life. Occasionally we would cry together, but they never doubted I was doing the right thing. I have never loved them so much.
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27 Sep
If you think it’s frustrating that the Federal Govt is able to ‘run up debts’ that the State Govts have to ‘make good’, consider this:

Our foreign policy is now 💯 controlled by another country, who is not accountable to us in any way, and can use us as they see fit.

#USUKA
The US is not ‘protecting us’ from China. They are using us to make it seem like they have a ‘coalition’ of Western nations who are like-minded, when actually it’s simply their own desire to retain dominance over China.

We saw this in the Iraq War of 2003. We were ‘used’ then.
Our present Gov is like an untrustworthy partner who secretly takes out a second mortgage on the family home, and keeps the money for themselves.

They have sold ‘our’ birthright for ‘their’ election.
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