Paraphrasing - Campbell stated that there is no evidence to implicate anyone between the rank of lieutenant to lieutenant general.
Really!!? Pip pip and another pink gin.
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https://www.theguardian.com/australi...report-alleges
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Brereton report, to a large degree, absolves senior command of having any knowledge that war crimes were being committed.Instead, it says the criminality was committed and covered up by patrol commanders, usually lower-ranking sergeants or corporals, and involved a “small number of patrol commanders and their protegees”.
“While it would have been much easier to report that it was poor command and leadership that was primarily to blame for the events disclosed in this report, that would be a gross distortion,” the report said.
Patrol commanders, the report found, were viewed by troopers as “demigods”, which made it impossible to speak out about their actions. “They are hero-worshipped and unstoppable,” one anonymous soldier explained.
The Brereton report canvasses failures in oversight, the problems of a “warrior culture”, and the use of a small pool of SAS soldiers in repeated deployments over a prolonged period.
The SAS were above question, particularly by outsiders, and a culture of secrecy within each patrol kept their actions from others.
A separate review conducted by the inspector general of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF) describes a kind of “organisational blindness” to the special forces’ actions.
The collective sacrifices of the special forces in some way “justified certain excesses”, the review said, and more minor deviances from expected behaviour, like drinking heavily on base, were tolerated.
Complaints from locals and human rights groups were dismissed as “Taliban propaganda” or attempts to obtain compensation, the report said.
“It is clear that there were warning signs out there, but nothing happened,” David Wetham, the assistant IGADF wrote.