The-heroism-of- David-Mcbride, page-6

“There is no aspect of duty that allows the accused to act in the public interest contrary to a lawful order”

So just follow ze orderz vizout question?

"“His only real argument is that what he did was the right thing."

SO he did the RIGHT THING which was against ze orderz, therefore the orderz were WRONG?

"The judge thought McBride of “good character” but possessed by a mania “with the correctness of his own opinions”. He suffered from a “misguided self-belief” and “was unable to operate within the legal framework that his duty required him to do”.

In other words, he had integrity and a working conscious and three's no place for people like that in the army or government.