Headscratchers / Paths of Glory

• Why didn't the three soldiers say anything at the end? They have no incentive to follow orders whatsoever considering they'll be dead in a matter of minutes
  • One was practically unconscious. Another was sobbing and babbling incoherently. And the third, depending on your interpretation, either carried out his duty honorably to the end, or simply didn't think it would help.
  • Really, what would they have said? Every man there was perfectly aware that what was happening was wrong, they either simply didn't care or weren't prepared to do anything to stop it. The condemned men saying anything wouldn't have made one slightest bit of difference - Dax had pretty much said all that needed to be said about the entire situation at the end of the "trial". From the moment they were chosen as the scapegoats by their respective commanders, they were effectively dead men walking. The completely blatant bias of the "trial" only made that fact obvious.