Yes. But there’s also the precedents set by the Nuremberg Trials, which declared that following orders is no excuse if those orders are evil or illegitimate.
Not that I’d want to be an active duty soldier arguing with a Court Martial about that.
“...there’s also the precedents set by the Nuremberg Trials, which declared that following orders is no excuse if those orders are evil or illegitimate.”
That is easy for Orly to say.
Orly is not sweating it out in the desert in Iraq.
It is a different matter entirely for Active Military like Lt. Easterling.
An Army Lieutenant simply does not have the discretion to disobey an Order unless he can prove that said Order is unlawful.
Orly has not proven that any of BO’s Orders are unlawful.
Frankly, I doubt that Orly can prove anything other than she might be a fair Dentist.