Daily review 01/06/2023

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    Anyone know how to restore a shortened URL? In this case it’s a MSM website that I assume is trying to make it harder to copy a URL into archive.is

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    Ben Roberts-Smith wore the Crusaders' Cross in Afghanistan.

    It was a symbol used by Europeans when they murdered 1 million people conquering Muslim countries. The ADF knew how offensive it was so they photoshopped the cross out of official publicity images released.

    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/wrong-morally-official-photo-of-ben-roberts-smith-was-altered-to-hide-crusader-s-cross-20210726-p58cvu.html

    The first article, in June 2018, did not name Mr Roberts-Smith but said a soldier called “Leonidas” kicked a detainee off a cliff and had him executed.

    “They make specific comments about the size of the individual, his stature and his links with high levels of the military which would only come with the Victoria Cross,” Mr Roberts-Smith told the court during the trial.

    The court heard Mr Roberts-Smith had multiple tattoos including one of a Spartan helmet on his ribs.

    Leonidas was a Spartan warrior who, in the film 300, kicked a detainee off a precipice.

    https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/one-thing-ben-roberts-smith-said-linked-him-to-war-crime-allegation-articles/news-story/6f2387e53911c1bc9d58e197669a6cbc

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      Yeah. I remember some other Australian army (SAS ?) troopers.

      https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-14/photo-shows-nazi-flag-flown-over-australian-army-vehicle/9859618

      Apparently !?

      One Defence source who was aware of the flag being flown in Afghanistan in 2007 said it was a "twisted joke", rather than evidence or an expression of genuine neo-Nazism.

      https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-14/photo-shows-nazi-flag-flown-over-australian-army-vehicle/9859618

      Yeah…kinda like this :

      “They didn’t realize that they were associating themselves with something that was racist, fascist,” Oliva said. “This was a chance to educate our young Marines about” the history of the Nazis and “the power of symbols.”

      https://www.reuters.com/article/us-marines-flag-nazi-idUSTRE81901220120210

      Winning Hearts and Minds..since ages : (

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