Maybe not defending them.
Just not really caring about them. They're nothing more than a vague historical footnote. No big deal. Same goes for Mao, Po Pot, etc.
How many people did this man have put to death? Does anyone seem to mind his portrait hanging in public? NBC and all of the other Olympic sponsers don't seem to. Had Germany not been defeated, Hitler would be thought of no differently today than Mao. Only in defeat was he turned into a devil.
