On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 lweiger at umich.edu wrote:
> First off, who said anything about the US doing the assassinating? Of
> course the US wouldn't have killed their own puppets!
>
>
> > > Quite different. There exists no reliable evidence that would indicate
> > > that execution deters crime. However, one can reasonably argue that
> > > assasinating Hitler
> >
> > likely not. would have created a hero, a fallen hero. on the othr hand,
> > supporting the struggle for the Spanish Republic could have had much more
> > profound consequences for the battle against facism in Europe.
>
> Umm, no, if someone blessed with prescience had killed Hitler before he
> manuevered himself into the role of de facto dictator, the counterfactual
> that WWII wouldn't have occured is quite plausible. Also, fighting the
> fascists in Spain would've likely prevented a repressive regime which
> lasted for decades, but I doubt it would've saved a huge number of lives.
>
For Jews, gypsies, leftists, disabled people, gays, ..the worst of the
killing occurred in the last couple of years of Hitler's regime. That
qualifies as a pretty huge number, no?
Steve