I thought my politics were already pretty good at the time, but I confess that until the crimes of Ben Roberts-Smith were exposed (apparently) had I never interrogated my beliefs and attitudes about the Australian SAS. I knew a boomer who was SAS and he was okay (child me thought) and so my personal experience aligned with the propaganda and I never had reason to question it.

I don't gotta give him credit, sooner or later one of these sadistic murderers was going to get outed or would out themselves online for clout. But I'm not too proud to admit that its this case that caused those particular scales to fall from my eyes. Way too recent to not be a bit embarrassing.

The SAS is like a sacred cow in Australia. They're at once stone cold killers, athletes, polyglots, warrior poets, and morally unassailable owing to their perfectly measured surgical precision and the judiciousness with which they are deployed.

LOL SIKE ITS JUST MORE BABY KILLING