I'm Just Following Orders - Gary L Alexander - December 1973

Gary L Alexander

WASHINGTON, D.C., 1973. Squirming before a Select Senate subcommittee, dozens of men of unimpeachable loyalty to President Nixon are found guilty of "zeal in a righteous cause" following the break-in and cover-up of the Democratic headquarters at Watergate. Multiple other high-level appointive officials compromised ethics in favor of loyalty to their boss. Ft. Benning, Georgia, 1969. Lt. William Calley claimed he was "just following orders" after his company wiped out over 100 defenseless women, children, and elderly citizens of My Lai, South Vietnam. Those under Lt. Calley also claimed they "just followed orders," putting obedience to authority over their personal standards of morality. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library