In all honesty, i really couldnt predict how i would behave in a war.
My best guess is i'd play dead, wait till the moon rose, then follow a river to the sea
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In all honesty, i really couldnt predict how i would behave in a war.
My best guess is i'd play dead, wait till the moon rose, then follow a river to the sea
Yes
if he's going to (or I believe he is going to) shoot me if i don't, self preservation is probably going to beat my morals
Right, but you'd probably not want to be serving next to someone who you'd believe would shoot you because you weren't willing to commit a war crime.
Yeah i think, within reason, you probably need to leave your moral compass at home if you find yourself fighting in a war.
I have always thought of the rules of war,
As an oxymoron.
im not excusing BRS, more laying a significant portion of blame with political leaders, generals and arms dealers
If theres that much free will involved,
I tick the box that says
'Banana lounge by the clothing optional pool with a bottle of tequila, a big lump of opium, and a good book'
I'd serve alongside you on a banana lounge any day EZ even if the optional clothing is slightly concerning
does a bottle of tequila and the lump of opium make the book choice moot?
look @Tigaman , i get that you went to 'Nam.
I imagine That must have been horrible, and profoundly shaped your world view at a formative age.
But 'i was in the army, so show BRS respect' makes no sense.
I live on the edge of a forest near the pacific highway and have picked up hitchhiking backpackers,
But im not saying 'lay off Ivan Milat'
I know youre POV is yours to express, and its informed by your experience,
But do you reckon you could try turn it round in your mind a few times, and take a look at it from another angle?
Im not even laying into BRS, in the context of whats transpired, im empathizing with him and aportioning blame above him. Can you not decipher that?
I imagine That must have been horrible, and profoundly shaped your world view at a formative age.
But 'i was in the army, so show BRS respect' makes no sense.
I live on the edge of a forest near the pacific highway and have picked up hitchhiking backpackers,
But im not saying 'lay off Ivan Milat'
I know youre POV is yours to express, and its informed by your experience,
But do you reckon you could try turn it round in your mind a few times, and take a look at it from another angle?
Im not even laying into BRS, in the context of whats transpired, im empathizing with him and aportioning blame above him. Can you not decipher that?
Bob.
i hope you are not suggesting a former SAS soldier would do anything other act with complete honesty?
Witnesses giving evidence at BRS's idiotic defamation action had their names suppressed under the National Security Information Act - pretty standard that SAS soldiers who served in active warzones don't want their names linked to specific events, but in this case it wasn't their choice - it was a court order enforcing that act.
The question has to be asked @Tigaman - why do you believe BRS in the face of all evidence, and you disbelieve all of his SAS brothers who saw what he did and testified against him? Do you respect the SAS or do you just worship one man?
The full article here where his SAS colleagues are scathing about his self-importance, his lies, his bullying and his war crimes including Dusty Miller, SAS medical officer who witnessed war crimes and testified around them.
SAS veterans lash Ben Roberts-Smith’s courtroom tactics
Witnesses who took the stand in the defamation trial were badly rattled by the cross-examination that questioned their stories.
