<Isn't it easier for him to claim following orders?

From the article:
General Aussaresses has said he will not be constrained to apologize for actions that took place in an entirely different moral environment, BBC reported.



"I had behind me 15 years of military service, during which I never refused an order," said Aussaresses Monday. "Certainly, officers may have disobeyed - at that point they were told: Get out, you will no longer be an officer."





The choice is, do as you're told, or loose your rank and be disgraced in the service. He did as he was told. Eventually, a man would be found who would not wish to be a disgrace and will not question the order. This time, that man was Aussaresses.

Now all you have to do is dig up (literally) his supervisors -- from about 50 years ago -- and place them on trial. ...But you can't, because of the amnesty clause.

Dan