Ben Roberts-Smith and the rot of the Australian War Memorial

How many times will the Australian war monument, war criminal and murderer Ben Roberts-Smith will change his text to exhibit his memories?

His Last change It is to admit that Roberts-Smith has lost his last effort to overthrow the outcome of the attempt to file nine lawsuits for insulting.

However, the change is only about Roberts-Smith’s physical memories. Writing, War Monument’s website Roberts-Smith’s crimes Or attempts to deterre the media from reporting crimes, instead Long, detailed explanations conjunctive His courage. It is not mentioned that unarmed Afghan men were killed and other soldiers encouraged to do the same. (Since then Crirase He mentioned the above AWM, he may have updated his website.)

Considering that the role of the monument is “the sacrifice of the Australians who died in war or operational service and the sacrifice of those who serve our nation in times of conflict ,, continuing to maintain a Roberts-Smith screen clearly contradicts the purpose of the institution.

Roberts-Smith’s crimes are a stain in the honor of the Australian Defense Forces and in the chapters of the Australian army, despite the comprehensive evidence, a stain in the honor of a culture of tolerance of lawyers and atrocities. It will be investigated properly and prosecuted by federal authorities.

Even if you agree that journalist Chris Masters’ rejection of Roberts-Smith by the monument as a coincidenceThe position of the War Monument, the absence of a successful criminal prosecution (and possibly the conclusion of all possible objections) seems to be the dark history of the Australian persecution in Afghanistan, the footnotes and warnings in the exhibitions remain as something and should be ignored online.

It is particularly not surprising that the monument does not seem eager to emphasize the disadvantage of our imperial initiatives. After years of hostility to the idea of ​​commemorating the resistance of the first peoples against invasion and expropriation, he gradually implements the commitment of Australia’s commitment to recognizing the border wars against the coalition opposition in 2022. However, three years after his commitment, he has not yet started planning an image and no curator team was appointed.

Moreover, The intention of the monument Border wars, Boer War, boxer rebellion and colonial interventions in New Zealand and Sudan will be only part of a pre -1914 gallery. The indigenous resistance against imperialism shows that there is a deep ignorance or a particularly strong irony line on the Monument of War, which will be translated into memory of Australian colonial participation in the wars of 19th century imperialism.

In the meantime, the monument’s retired admiral Chris Barrie rightly described as a military transformation ”theme park“The ongoing big, continues with the conflict of interest Expansion of the monument process. The largest part of the project is designed to commemorate Australia’s role in the war against terrorism against terrorism in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

How clear the experience of the Afghan families killed by their favorite Australian soldiers Civil Deaths Approved 200,000 In Iraq Six -year decline in life expectancyOr convulsive dislocation that led to the terrorism in which that country or that conflicts emerged in Western countries that participated in the war.

Instead, the monument will focus on displaying military equipment. Like helicopters and jet fightersWestern technological superiority is a demonstration of misery to the people it gives.

Roberts-Smith’s terrible record, the reluctance of Australia’s border wars to a collection of imperialist initiatives, and the reluctance of the fetishization of Western military power in the new imperialist initiatives of the 21st century is consistent with the brutal appearance of white arm bands of Australia’s military history.

This history was founded with the massacre of imperialism and at home and generally with the massacre of the first peoples of Muslims abroad. Anzac’s descriptive military myth is based on the unmistakable occupation of a Muslim country and thus continues to 2025 with the celebration of our attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq. At least there is a little note about the crimes we commit. Nevertheless, no one is particularly interested in criminal charges as I hurry to add a monument.