You would have gotten a trial. That's a little different than letting someone bleed out after they've been shot by your men.
Of course they had a say. Whatever you might think of me, I'm not a dictator. Except Some people go against orders because they think it's the right thing to do, Ward. It complicates things, but I understand why they do it. It's better than following blindly when you know something wrong.
It depends entirely on the individual.
If he'd just I remember that mission, when he made it back in, half dead, his intestines only in his gut because he's packed them and duct taped them down. Him spending months in the hospital just to recover while Fury and I raged at command about what the hell had happened. We could have helped him. If he'd just talked to us, we could have. He was one of ours.