The Age is one of the two main daily newspapers in Melbourne, Australia second largest city. Along with its stablemate, the Sydney Morning Herald, these are probably the most left wing newspapers in Australia (they are countered in Melbourne by the Herald Sun and in Sydney by the Daily Telegraph and across the country by the The Australian which are all related, mildly conservative papers (they tend right, but nowhere near as strongly as The Age and SMH tend left.
I doubt I need to explain what the SAS is to most Freepers, but just in case, they are the Special Air Service - Australia's most elite special forces soldiers among the best in the world (Britain and New Zealand also have units referred to by the same name with the same traditions - the Australian and New Zealand ones growing out of combined British Empire forces of the Second World War).
Why are the left wing press now sliming Hastie? In essence, it's because of their incredible hatred of Australia's current conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and his government. If the Labor party manages to win the upcoming Canning by-election, it is possible this could trigger Mr Abbott being replaced as leader of the Liberal Party, and as Prime Minister - and they don't care who they smear to try and achieve these goals.
To his credit, the leader of the Labor Party (and Leader of the Opposition) Bill Shorten does not seem to want any part of this vile campaign (he has very publically reprimanded two Labor state MPs for spreading these allegations) but that really just illustrates how disgusting the behaviour of those who are spreading it is.
Next time cut off all their heads to take home for a positive ID.
So the left in Australia is as depraved as the left in the US? God bless Cpt. Hastie.
Completely understandable. Helicopters have weight limits, and a return trip back to Indian country to retrieve the bodies might not be practical, since the deceased’s buddies might have had the same thought.