> There is no reasonable argument that it's ethically unsound.

I didn't claim the argument was reasonable.

  > The fact that you immediately Godwin'd

Well it is a classic example.

Considering you're a military lawyer I'm absolutely certain you've heard this example before and its connection to Nazi Germany. I'm not dating anyone is a Nazi for making that argument, but it is a classic example when pointing to how Ordinary Men can do atrocities. And no, I didn't make a grammatical mistake there.