Ethics of pilots fighting for the sides in WWII

[Dietger]

There is not a single case in history, in all of it, in which ppl - civilians, as they are called here, where NOT an utterly important! - startegic and tactical - target(s).

You win, by killing as much as possible of them, preferably in the shortest time possible - keeping the $ost low.

There is not a single army in history, in all of it, which haddnt done so.
Till today....you shot cats and dogs jung and old civilians out of helicoptes, like on a Wolf hunt, sporting. Its called asymetrical war, which means hugh armys kill ppl which hardly got any weapony. We Germans call it: "Mit Kanonen auf Spatzen schiessen". And you got away with it!

Just to see where we are standing today!

As for the question: "Ethics of pilots fighting for the sides in WWII" and wether they had to refuse killing ppl - it doesent make any sense to destingush between German pilots or British, US, Russian etc pilots, cos all of them killed civilians; I'd say, of course they had to stand down of such tasks!
Cos you cant kill for peace, you just keep it!
And killing is bad, periot.

The dilemma we face is, in most cases, esp. in the German case of WWII, your dead if you refuse to do so. The first victoms of the NSDAP were of course Germans. The simply truth is, you have a right to live, if one is threatened you march and kill. And although its a tragedy, no couch potato has the right to point the finger - some 60 years later - and make big, meaningless gestures!

The right question should be : WHAT WOULD HAVE YOU! DONE???

There is no excuse for shooting pilots on chutes. Bombing cities. Strafing ppl.
Mugging countrys.
And somesuch.

Doesent it make you laugh, to hear your army is killing for peace? Of course all shot dead where bad guys, those are supposed to be shot right?

Its ridiculous, all history books, writen by the winner long after the war(s) are full of self-righteousness, proclaiming, once again!, how they served peace by killing all the other(bad) ppl.

Wouldnt you think, that by now, after all this thousends of years - killing, all "bad" should be dead once and for all???
Everyone has the right to defend himself or others. Its just a thin line ....

Well, think your yourself.

I for my part dont believe in killing for peace and shoting bad ppl anymore.
We all are free by nature!, its your own government, in the first case, that oppresses ppl. And motivates ppl to kill each other for greed...