Jesus H. Christ!
In an interview with ABC's Nightline to be broadcast tonight, a soldier "accused of deliberately releasing three Iraqi men they had captured, in order to kill them" defends his actions as just following orders.
"In their sworn affidavits, the three accused soldiers, along with others in the unit, say they received unusual but unequivocal rules of engagement for the task ahead," ABC News reports. "They say that they were given repeated and explicit orders to 'kill all military-age males.'"