> Does no one at any level of the military (excepting perhaps the Commander-in-Chief) bear any responsibility for the horrors of war?
Yes, responsibility for the horrors of war. But not the decision to declare war.
Yes, responsibility for the horrors of war. But not the decision to declare war.
I would have hoped that the Nuremberg trials had put an end to that line of thinking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders