https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-69006714
David McBride pleaded guilty to stealing military secrets, but said he felt a moral duty to speak up.
David McBride is the first Australian to be jailed over the war crimes allegations his disclosure helped expose.
Archived version: https://archive.ph/e9uiW
To be clear, he isn't being jailed because he negatively impacted security of his country. Far from it. He is being jailed because he made his country aware of crimes that their soldiers were committing overseas.
This allways confuses me, if you don't want a huge mountain of dirty clothes to be seen, do the laundry from time to time.
I get it, in war/combat bad shit happens, but when it does happen investigate it properly and analyze the cause of the bad shit.
Only when you have that knowledge can you hope to do better.
Soldiers commiting crimes in other nations, that shit needs to be stamped out and the soldiers need to understand how their behavior affects their own ability to their job.
Usually they are "in too deep". If you start investigating properly then you wont just have to jail some low level soldiers, you will have to jail high ranking leaders and maybe even some politicians.
Anyone that has been covering for these criminals will also need to be punished. So their only option is to never admit anything happened because the consequences are just too big.
Oh yeah absolutely, im just trying say that they are corrupt through and through, thats why it will never happen unless the goverment drastically changes.
What a fucking shameful embarrassment that the only punishment to come from the exposure of war crimes committed by our soldiers is that of the whistleblower.
Absolutely fucked and makes me ashamed to be Australian.
I’m not ashamed to be Australian. I’m ashamed to be under a “democracy” that relies on corrupt representatives and a legal system around enabling them.
The country needs a revolution, it’s the head that’s the problem.
We have a pretty strong voting system, no revolution necessary. And that's the crux of the problem imo.
You can’t vote in a flawed system. Politicians rarely ever listen to voters over lobbyists and paycheques.
People can vote, I don't see how they can't. The problem is the media is totally in the pocket of the politicians so nobody is exposing all the bullshit or if they are, they get their house firebombed. A strong and independent media is what we need imo. Without that, corruption will just spread again no matter what happens.
or if they are, they get their house firebombed.
For those unfamiliar, this isn't hyperbole:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendlyjordies#Firebombing_incidents