Ben Roberts-Smith just sat down with Ben Fordham for 2.5 hours. He didn’t hold back. “I didn’t bloody murder anyone” Fordham pressed him directly: “Did you shoot prisoners?” BRS: “No.” Fordham: “Did you see anyone else shooting prisoners?” BRS: “No.” The Victoria Cross recipient, 47, was asked about the accusations that have followed him for years, machine gunning prisoner Mohammed Essa and ordering his son Ahmadullah executed to “blood the rookie” in 2009. Kicking handcuffed Ali Jan off a 10 metre cliff at Darwan in 2012 before ordering him shot, lining up two prisoners in a corn field at Syahchow, shooting one, ordering a subordinate to shoot the other, then throwing a grenade on the bodies. His response: “I wouldn’t change a single thing. I would do it all exactly the same way because I know that I did the right thing.” “I know that I was prepared to die for this country every time I went outside the wire, and I know I did whatever I could to keep my mates alive. But I never broke the rules of engagement.” On the ongoing case: “All I’m asking for is a fair shake, mate.” You can ask more than that. I stand with Ben Roberts Smith and wholeheartedly support his actions in Afghanistan.