Following orders Quote by Dan Rather

When Bush says that Abu Ghraib was the work of a few, he forgot to mention that he was one of them.

— Andrew Sullivan

The day after the prison was transferred to the military intelligence command, they had an entire battalion - 1,200, 1,500 soldiers - arrive at…

— Janis Karpinski

We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the…

— John Yoo

In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it was, after all, the center for interrogations for Iraq.

— Janis Karpinski

I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a…

— Anonymous

“You couldn’t blame it all on the military, though. The evidence they presented for the Taurans’ having been responsible for the earlier casualties was…

— Joe Haldeman

Abu Ghraib, as bad as it was, can't be compared to what Saddam was doing to people.

— Bruce Cockburn

“If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame. But, if orders…

— Sun Tzu

“It was the lot of the Fifity-fourth to bear the brunt of the struggle against the bitter injustice of inferior pay to which black…

— Luis Fenollosa Emilio

“The Continental army got more generals than they got private soldiers, these days. An officer lives through more 'n two battles, they make him…

— Diana Gabaldon

“We soldiers knew next to nothing about what was going on in the centres of power. We received so many orders and counter-orders that…

— Louis de Bernières

“The captured soldiers should be kindly treated and kept.”

— Sun Tzu