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Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith arrested, expected to be charged with war crime of murder (www.abc.net.au)
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I swapped to the headline that is presented on the page as opposed to the shorter summary headline.

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[–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm a bit surprised it has taken this long.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There was probably reluctance to accept it as true because he's a VC recipient. One of the only seven living recipients in the world. These guys are meant to all be heroes. And what this dude did in 2011 was heroic. It's just that he (allegedly) did stuff after that date that we don't want to believe a hero is capable of.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Being a hero and being a monster aren't mutually exclusive sadly.

[–] ProbablyNotAnExpert@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago

you either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain (allegedly)