Heroism, War Crimes and The Rule of Law

I have recently seen a proliferation of posts online &ldquo;supporting&rdquo; Ben Roberts-Smith , an ex-SAS soldier who is currently awaiting trial for war crimes. The sudden and extreme fervour of support for him struck me as both incredibly surprising and likely manufactured. There seemed to be a particularly hard push around ANZAC day, in some hope perhaps that the general good will towards…