by Ganesh Sahathevan
Emotion aside, China has done, what China should do:
Australia ought to be more concerned with those who created the opening that China, rightfully, took advantage of. It was the CDF Angus Campbell who has condemned his SAS for as yet unproven "war crimes". That he did not foresee China, and others, taking advantage of his actions calls into question his judgement. This is the man who has been entrusted to lead Australian forces in the defence of the country. Australians cannot afford to have in charge of their armed forces a man who seems to be more concerned with playing to the ABC's audience.
TO BE READ WITH
Sunday, November 22, 2020
CDF & former CAF Angus Campbell cannot "walk past" the ABC 4 Corners story about the SAS execution of a bomb maker : Campbell owes it to his soldiers and Australia to explain what standard operating procedures are for a soldier confronted by a potentially armed and primed bomb maker
by Ganesh Sahathevan
As Chief Of Army Angus Campbell considered women servingLT Gen Angus Campbell, the current Chief Of Defence Forces and former Chief Of Army seems to have become fond of the phrase "the standard you walk past is the standard you accept"; often referring to what he might have "walked past" with regards the SAS' alleged misconduct.
Meanwhile Campbell has had nothing to say about the ABC Four Corners story below, one of many aired over the past few years as part of the ABC's investigation into the SAS' alleged misconduct.
In the story below the SAS soldier is accused of executing an unarmed civilian. However, as even the ABC has (perhaps unwittingly) admitted, the man had been identified by bomb detection dog Quake as a likely target.
The SAS soldier seems to have taken the only option available to him to ensure his safety and that of his team, while carrying out his duties in clearing the area of bomb makers. If Campbell feels there were other options available, he should say so. If not he ought to demand an apology from the ABC. He owes that to the soldiers under his command, and to the Australian public.
TO BE READ WITH
The so-called SAS execution of an "unarmed man": ABC admits that SAS were looking for a bomb maker and that the Army dog seems to have identified him as a bomb maker with a bomb, but insists it was an execution of an unarmed man
March 16, 2020
In ABC Four Corners own words:
It is a bright day in May 2012, and 3 Squadron SAS is looking for an insurgent bombmaker.
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