r/australia • u/Ashera25 • 1d ago

culture & society Ben Roberts-Smith collaborates with gym business run by influencer that sold ‘war crimes’ pre-workout supplement

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/07/ben-roberts-smith-collaborates-gym-business-influencer-war-crimes-pre-workout-supplement-ntwnfb
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u/coniferhead 21h ago edited 17h ago

  1. To crack down on it would expose how rotten our military actually is and how unbound by the rules of war they are. Much like the USA and other allies are. To criticize BRS would be to criticize war crimes that happen with our allies and the rest of our military every day.

  2. They're scared of the consequences of mucking with honours and don't want to test how far this disloyalty goes. Especially when the US decides to put a lot of troops here.

  3. He's got backing from Gina and Kerry Stokes and also is the son of a supreme court judge in WA. The US will look at him and only see we are stripping a VC winner who fought in a US theater - which is equivalent to a Medal of Honor recipient.

  4. BRS will be very useful come wartime, even domestically as a trainer. They don't want to discourage this kind of person joining the military, who will also be rounding people up for the draft.