Imperialism Is on Trial in Ben Roberts-Smith’s Case
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Imperialism Is on Trial in Ben Roberts-Smith’s Case

Ben Roberts-Smith, an Australian veteran of the war in Afghanistan, has launched legal action against journalists for reporting that he murdered six Afghan prisoners of war in 2009 and 2012—and revelled in their killing. At the heart of the case is an attempt to whitewash and rehabilitate the very concept of imperialist war.