The System that is scapegoating Smith as a rogue is our Defense and the ADF structure and it’s bigger than any one individual. It remains protected and hidden. Let’s not forget the bastardy, misogyny and rape that took place at Duntroon and how it too put the blame on rogue elements rather than the organization. Victim blaming even went into full force.
Beginning with the Brereton report of 2020, and through to the BRS judgement last week, two Australian judges have exposed war crimes by Australian special forces soldiers but have also shown how the command and leadership culture of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) failed.