Clone characters are rad. 

Your commander still sounds far from a god complex type of guy though. Controlling those weaker than himself, especially when it's due to them being 'defect', would actually work against such trait. "I am so much better than everyone else, that I had to get defect clones to have any kind of command. Yeah! God complex!" - If you want him to be cruel, however; well, that's a different story altogether. 

Cost effective usage of defect clones;

Suicide bombers.
Scouts.
Spies.
Undercover innocent bystander.
Undercover innocent bystander suicide bomber.
Mobile orbital bombardment marker.
Body shields.

Etc, etc, etc. Sacrifice them clones like pawns, it's what they're good at.