User blog comment:DoctorNick/Edgar Ross, Douche or Good Guy?/@comment-24901571-20120404090659/@comment-1265875-20120404232725

So, by your logic, the Nazis who killed Jews and were "just following orders" should get this same kind of pass?

They were just doing their jobs, after all.

Men from the government should not be given the benefit of the doubt and their motives should be questioned at all times. At least, that's how it's supposed to work. And just because someone in authority does something, that does not make it inherently "right".

Edgar Ross is a complete piece of shit and a coward to boot.

Ross may have been given orders to eliminate Williamson, but I seriously doubt there were orders from above him to kidnap Marston's family to get John to go after Williamson, that had to be a scheme cooked up by Ross himself (with the possible aid of Archer Fordham). Which is the first mark of Ross' cowardice, getting someone else to do his dirty work. Also, Ross seems to take a lot of relish in holding Marston's family hostage.

Then after Marston delivers Williamson (and Escuella), Ross changes the rules of the game and forces John to go after Dutch. This is the very definition of a dick move.

And then the insult to the injury is that Ross uses the Army to finish Marston, which is not only total overkill, but is actually a violation of Federal Law (i.e. the Posse Comitatus Act), making Ross a criminal himself. This is also another illustration of his cowardice that he won't even face Marston himself knowing full well he'd die if John were given a fair shot at him.

Ross is an underhanded snake, so douchebag is the only label that applies here.