Posted on 04/23/2025 11:43:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Nazi saboteurs were naive and stupid.
The obvious choices were surrender immediately or kill the Coastie.
All hope of successful mission ended when they were discovered.
Best option would have been immediately surrendering.
I wonder if those men had any choice about going..
There was a time when the nations dealt severely when either ONE of the FOUR criterion of the Law of War was broken. Shedding the uniform violates this.
Because we have become so soft, we’ve opened Pandora’s box, and now have little moral authority to reel it back in. I speak in general terms that includes Western governments, starting with the Boer Wars.
So yes, they deserved to be killed. If members of a state or non-state actor breaks the rules, they should be hanged. Period.
Otherwise, war gets really nasty. 9/11 was never properly dealt with.
Who doesn’t deserve to be killed?
“Who doesn’t deserve to be killed?”
Capital punishment is reserved for the most heinous of crimes. Cold blooded murder is one where it’s completely Biblical. I’d be okay with bringing it back for forcible rape.
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“On July 15, Dasch called the FBI in New York but they failed to take his claims seriously, so he decided to travel to FBI headquarters in Washington DC .”
Some things never change......................
The Spies Who Came In From the Sea
One of the really disappointing things about the AH Archive, useful as it is, is that it does not include the copious full color illustrations of the original.
I learned to read from the old hard back American Heritage magazines. Still have an (almost) complete set.
Unlawful combatants, on a mission of sabotage and terrorism.
If they had not been taken prisoner, how then could they have been executed?
Running a gauntlet, perhaps?
If they’re KIA, so be it. But don’t execute prisoners.
They were probably avid NAZIs, more than anxious to serve. They would have been chosen based upon their loyalty and fanaticism. It would be foolish to send unwilling spies.
Irrational emotionalism.
“Yes it does. Spies are not uniformed under the color of law. They should be shot on site.”
Spies are for trading in secret exchanges to save your own people who get caught. Saboteurs while spies by definition are something different and should be shot on site if actively committing sabotage,if they surrender they should be vigorously interrogated then military tribunal, if are need to trade for valuable captives we tradem if not firing squad.
Spies are a special sort of enemy. They don't fight the war solder-to-soldier. They lie, cheat, and steal. They pretend to be your friend and countryman, and then brutally betray the very people with whom they break bread. They deserve death.
Who doesn't?
And who cares to follow the "NAZI model"?
Nope, just cold hard fact of unjust double jeopardy.
...and it doesn't hurt to be merciful as well...
You never know - you might need it sometime...
We didn’t, so everything is fine.
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