In Reply to: God help me, I saw, "Valkyrie." posted by tinear on January 5, 2009 at 15:53:51:
it doesn't seem like the Valkyrie plotters were trying to kill Hitler because he was murderous madman authorizing the worst imaginable atrocities... they were doing it because they didn't want their army and country destroyed. Not exactly the most noble reasons under the circumstances.
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- Not to mention... - sjb 18:46:01 01/06/09 (3)
- In other words, they were military men, not moralists. All it would have taken was - tinear 19:07:44 01/06/09 (2)
- RE: In other words, they were military men, not moralists. All it would have taken was - Jazz Inmate 23:16:43 01/08/09 (1)
- It was a worthwhile story. Killing Hitler could have seriously affected the War's conclusion. - oscar 10:40:40 01/09/09 (0)