Philotic Web

Is this an acceptable summation of Ender's preemptive strategy against Stilson, Bonzo and the Buggers? Is it unfair and hypercritical, or all the more accurate because it encapsulates the somewhat troubling twist on a Christian tenet and theme within the story of Ender?

I think it's more like, 'kill first, so you'll be alive to ask forgiveness later'.

well the military does love the saying "its better to ask for forgiveness than permission." Maybe its an implication that some things never changed?

Also it seems to me like "follow survival instincts and feel bad about it later so you can ask for forgiveness."

Is it fair to say Ender had no choice?
Better off alive and regretful than dead, right?
Ender isn't a murderer- he's trying to survive in a world where everything is pitted against him.