Even senior officers claimed ignorance of basic military conduct rules at court martial

Evidence

The cool, laid-back attitude of this soldier is similar to the manner in which a senior officer responded when giving testimony in a court martial in which he was charged for violating the law because he shouted during battle: “I did not know that one is not to raise one’s voice during fighting.” — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1305

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Court martial records reveal actual battle confusion that training manuals conceal — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 908; Senior officials engineered formal ignorance to evade accountability for illegal acts — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 417
  • yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Court martial records reveal actual battle confusion that training manuals conceal — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 908; Senior officials engineered formal ignorance to evade accountability for illegal acts — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 417