system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How viable is the "I just followed orders" defense at courts?

Talking about it on military personal sense. If something you or your unit did was obviously wrong and you are convicted for it.
gpt
We were repeatedly told that it would be our fault if we followed illegal orders in Iraq.  There was a lot of training on how not to get yourself into legal trouble, mostly in rules of engagement and escalation of force.