Idiots in Iraq and their Moronic Photos

[Darion]

In regards to the prison fiasco....orders were issued. It's the duty of the lower ranks to obey the orders of a higher rank. Those of the lower rank are to assume that the order is a legal one, for it's the responsibility of the one issuing the order to ensure it's legal.

I have no idea where you conjured that from, but American soldiers are obligated to clarify the order, inform their superior that they believe the order to be illegal, disobey the order if the order stands, and report through the chain of command such orders that are believed to be in violation of either the Geneva Convention or the International Law of Land Warfare.

"I was just following orders" did not work for the Nazis at Nuremberg or American soldiers at My Lai. That is a valid legal defense (in the military), but not if the order was known to be illegal or a reasonable person would have known the order to be illegal.