Valkyrie

[Brother Adam]

Groo beat me to it. Hitler was waging war against innocent people. As an unjust aggressor he was a legitimate target in the allied defenses position to end the war.

[kafka]

[quote name='Groo the Wanderer' post='1882851' date='Jun 4 2009, 08:47 AM']In a time of war, the leader of a country's armed forces is a legitimate target. Therefore Hitler was a legitimate target, regardless of who targeted him.[/quote]
he was a lawful target since the allies waged a just war. But the moral act we are discussing is a different act than justly killing the opposition in a just war. It was a planned revolt.

[quote name='Brother Adam' post='1882853' date='Jun 4 2009, 08:53 AM']Groo beat me to it. Hitler was waging war against innocent people. As an unjust aggressor he was a legitimate target in the allied defenses position to end the war.[/quote]


I think the matter is a bit more complex, since he was being targeted by his own officers & countryman. It was a revolt, and they had a provisional government set up to take the Nazi's place.

It is a different act than the allies targeting Hitler in the act of just war. It needs to be analyzed as a seperate act.

[dairygirl4u2c]

i really dont see how it's okay to kill hitler whle he's just on his rise to power, not in war, not in the process of killing someone, and it's not okay to kill the late george killer the late term abortion doctor, who even would perform so late in pregnancy that they were illegal. hitler wasn't even killing anyone earlier on.